Where's My Weapon? Where's My Weapon?
for a long time.
Jin Yi forced himself to move his stiff legs again, stepping over the corpse and into the room.
This place appears to be a small library or reading room, and it is unusually dark inside, almost to the point where you can't see your hand in front of your face.
In this situation...
Jin Yi stood at the doorway, looking at the corpse and the darkness in the distance. Finally, he glanced down at the DV camera and knew what the dungeon wanted him to do.
In despair, he picked up the DV camera and turned on night vision mode.
Sizzle----
A ghastly green image appeared on the screen.
He held up the DV camera, watching the noisy image on the screen, and moved forward extremely slowly.
He didn't want to admit it.
But at that moment, he truly resisted going in; he didn't want to, he really didn't want to.
However, whether it was pride or resentment, some inexplicable emotion still drove him to slowly walk inside, guided by the image reflected on the eerie green screen.
Through the noisy and extremely limited lens of the night vision goggles, he saw rows of bookshelves, books scattered on the floor, and corpses.
Corpses contorted in various postures, lying in pools of blood in agonizing poses.
On the eerie green screen, the corpses' pale skin, congealed blood, and bulging eyes presented a nauseatingly eerie texture, appearing ten times more terrifying than when viewed with the naked eye.
The strong stench of blood permeated the air, constantly assaulting Jin Yi's sense of smell.
He unconsciously gripped the DV camera even tighter, squeezing it so tightly that he felt as if he wanted to crush the fragile plastic machine.
"It's nothing, just a routine. Lu Xiu wants to break down the players' psychological defenses through a gradual increase in darkness and fright. But in the end, whatever is in the darkness, theoretically it's just monsters, just carbon-based creatures. We can get weapons later—as long as we have weapons, as long as we can fight back, it's not a big deal—"
He muttered to himself, trying to calm himself down, holding the DV camera, carefully navigating around the haphazardly arranged bookshelves, forcing himself to keep walking forward.
At the far end of the room was a relatively open area.
When the green lens of the DV camera swept across the corner of the room, Jin Yi's pupils suddenly contracted to their maximum.
He stopped abruptly, his blood seemingly freezing in that instant. Through the eerie green light of the DV screen, he saw countless mangled corpses piled up in the corner.
In the very center of that mountain, there stood a thick, long, narrow object, which could be an iron pipe or a wooden stick.
And there's a person strung up on top of it.
The most chilling thing is...
That person is still writing.
Seemingly hearing Jin Yi's approaching footsteps, the person suspended in mid-air convulsed in extreme pain and then reached out their hand towards him.
At the same time, he began to make painful, intermittent, hoarse sounds.
This scene, on the DV screen in that eerie green night vision mode, resembled hell.
Jin Yi took a step back.
My scalp is tingling!
This moment.
He absolutely hated the DV camera in his hand! He hated Lu Xiu so much! Why did she have to design such a monstrosity?!
Couldn't you at least give me a flashlight?!
This scene wouldn't have that much impact!
But to let players use this method! To explore the darkness on a small screen!
Isn't that going too far?!
"It's just a performance! Ultimately, no matter how powerful the monsters that created this hellish scene are, they're still within the players' capabilities. Look at Jack from Resident Evil, right? As long as we can get a weapon next, even just a small pistol—"
Yes, having weapons is enough; it's not a big deal.
Jin Yi muttered something to himself again and quickly moved the DV camera away.
Then, through the pale green screen, he saw a person sitting upright in the chair in front of him.
Or more accurately, a mutilated torso without limbs or a head, consisting only of a bloody, mangled piece of flesh.
Cardiac arrest.
"Lu Xiu!!!"
Jin Yi practically yelled it out, then grabbed the DV camera and scrambled out of the room.
finally.
Reaching the other side of the corridor, the dim but steady light reappeared, and Jin Yi finally no longer had to hold up that damned DV camera.
Then I looked at things using that B screen.
Jin Yi leaned against the wall, panting heavily.
"Calm down, it's just low-level environmental rendering."
He took a deep breath, pulling himself out of the hellish scene of the Corpse Mountain, Blood Sea he had just witnessed. "It's all a routine. As long as you have a weapon, you can release the pressure."
While mentally preparing himself, Jin Yi put away the DV camera that made him extremely uncomfortable and continued walking down the corridor.
We hadn't gone far.
The road ahead was completely blocked by collapsed bookshelves and toppled metal cabinets, leaving only an extremely narrow and cramped gap between the walls and debris.
Jin Yi frowned and squeezed in sideways.
The space inside was extremely cramped, and the rough edges of the wooden planks even scratched his clothes.
He could only squeeze in little by little, sideways.
However, perhaps because the narrow passage between the walls and clutter was cramped but had shelter from the light, he felt a sense of security that he hadn't felt in a long time.
He didn't even want to leave.
At least here is peace----
Just as his body was squeezed into the middle of the narrow gap, and this thought had just crossed his mind.
Call!
A sudden, extremely heavy gust of wind exploded in my ears!
The light behind them was instantly and completely blocked by a huge shadow!
"Varied"
Before Jin Yi could even see what the shadow was, a huge, blood-stained hand, as big as a fan, reached in from the narrow opening like an iron clamp, pulled him out, and then grabbed his neck tightly!
The illusory sense of security shattered instantly.
"Little pig----"
An extremely deep and hoarse voice, as if squeezed from the depths of Abyss, rang in Jin Yi's ears with pure savagery.
Jin Yi was suddenly pulled out, without even a chance to struggle. His feet left the ground instantly, and he was lifted high into the air.
A strong feeling of suffocation instantly overwhelmed my brain.
Jin Yi stared wide-eyed in horror.
Until this moment, he finally saw what was in front of him clearly.
It was a gigantic man of extremely large size, exaggerated to the point of being deformed.
The other person was shirtless, his bulging muscles covered with rough, grotesque stitched scars.
The enormous, twisted head drew closer, its bloodshot, murky eyes staring at him.
Jin Yi's face turned purplish-red. He instinctively tried to pry the other hand off with both hands, while his legs kicked wildly in mid-air, trying to attack and break free.
But no matter how much he struggled, the other person remained completely still.
It's like facing a mountain.
The giant lifted Jin Yi like a helpless lamb to the slaughter and threw him behind him.
Bang! The glass window behind him shattered instantly.
Countless sharp shards of glass flew out with Jin Yi, scattering outwards.
A feeling of weightlessness washed over me.
In Jin Yi's vision, the hard marble floor of the lobby on the first floor was Extreme Speed magnified!
The next second.
Bang!!!
A dull, muffled thud of flesh hitting the ground, accompanied by the illusion of bones shattering, echoed in the first-floor lobby.
"Ah"
A sharp pain instantly swept through every cell in Jin Yi's body. He felt as if all the bones in his body had shattered at that moment, and his vision went completely black.
As he gasped in pain, dragging his nearly broken body, and struggled to lift his head from the cold floor, the terrifying, mountain-like giant on the third floor was looking down at him.
Then, the giant turned around and disappeared into the darkness with heavy footsteps.
It seems it still intends to find Jin Yi.
Jin Yi jolted awake, ignoring the pain, and immediately got up.
"If only we had weapons, we'd be sitting ducks!!!"
The experience of being grabbed by the neck and thrown off the building with one hand was still vivid in Jin Yi's mind. He finally realized that the reporter he was playing this time was physically weak to an absurd degree, unable to even pry open one of the other person's little fingers.
no.
We need to find weapons as soon as possible.
He grasped at this straw like a lifeline, and began searching the hall with a limp, looking for a way out and for weapons.
Jin Yi believes that there will definitely be ways to resist.
As long as there are ways to resist, we can definitely win.
but.
The empty hall was devoid of anything except scattered discarded documents, a broken wheelchair, and shards of glass.
Even things that look like weapons are actually powerless!
The Fire Axe was not rusty.
There were no discarded batons by guards.
There were no guns he longed for.
There wasn't even a single iron pipe to hold in one's hand for courage!
There's absolutely nothing!
He couldn't even find an IV stand!
and.
Next!
Not only did he lack weapons, he also experienced the most vivid nightmare of his life.
Resident Evil.
At this time.
Although Mia also started to go berserk, at least she was given weapons, so at least she could fight back.
But here, he could only carry that broken DV camera, frantically scurrying around like a mouse thrown into a pack of cats in the dark corridors, blood-stained wards, and cluttered basements, hiding under the bed and huddled in the metal cabinet.
Various unexpected environmental changes, extreme psychological suggestion, and an unavoidable close-up attack!
Even worse, there are more and more extremely dark scenes that require night vision mode to explore, and that damn battery power is dropping very quickly!
His nerves were stretched to the limit, almost to the point of snapping.
Stress levels are soaring.
But the weapon he so desperately wanted—he still hadn't even seen a glimpse of it!!!
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Heavy footsteps, like giant hammers pounding the ground, came without warning from around the corner of the corridor ahead! Each step felt like it was landing directly on Jin Yi's chest!
That terrifying monster was just a few steps away!
"Holy shit!!!"
Jin Yi's scalp tingled instantly, and the hairs on his body stood on end! He cursed in utter disarray, all his previous mental preparation and pride as Architect crumbling before the face of fear! His mind went completely blank, leaving only one instinctive thought: run!
We can't beat them.
We absolutely cannot win.
So what about the weapons?!
Where are the weapons?!
He roared inwardly as he turned sharply and sprinted on all fours, his heart pounding as if it would leap out of his throat.
In his panic, he rushed into a pitch-black room with no light source and quickly locked the door.
Thump! Thump!
Footsteps followed closely, stopping outside the door! Then, the doorknob was twisted wildly with brute force, making a clicking sound!
"!!!!"
Jin Yi was terrified, his adrenaline surging. He gripped the DV camera tightly; the small green screen was the only lifeline he could grasp in this Abyss.
But what's terrifying is...
He huddled in the corner of the room, his heart pounding in his chest, ready to run away the moment the other side broke down the door.
But at that moment, the battery icon in the lower right corner of the DV screen suddenly flashed a deadly red light!
The power is out.
"No! No! Please don't let it run out of power!!" Jin Yi's eyes widened in terror as he desperately roared. He frantically rummaged in his pockets, quickly opened his backpack, trying to find a spare battery, but they were all gone.
"Sizzle----"
The DV screen flickered twice, and then the faint green light that had given him a sense of security went out completely!
Absolute, all-consuming, thick darkness descended in an instant! Sight was completely stripped away!
at the same time!
A deafening crash! Someone was slamming into the door, and the lock was broken.
The next second.
Something pushed the door open.
Clang-
"Ahhh 39"
The screaming sound was stuck in his throat, and Jin Yi swallowed it down with all his might.
When the DV battery ran out and he was completely plunged into darkness, his Survival Instinct frantically squeezed out the last bit of potential from his body.
He scrambled blindly through the pitch-black room, his knees slamming hard against some unknown hard object, the pain excruciating, but he paid no heed.
His hand touched a cold metal tube—it was the frame of a hospital bed!
Without the slightest hesitation, Jin Yi forcefully squeezed his body into the narrow gap under the bed.
He covered his mouth and nose tightly with both hands and curled his body into a ball.
The very next second after he shrank back inside.
The heavy, mountain-like footsteps entered the room.
Without the green night vision light, the whole world was nothing but thick, impenetrable darkness, and the eerie, close-up noises.
Jin Yi lay on the cold, icy tiles under the bed.
I dared not breathe, feeling as if my lungs were about to burst. My eyes were wide open in terror in the darkness, trying to catch any glimpse of light.
A faint sliver of cold light shone through the corridor, tracing a blurry, narrow outline on the ward floor.
"Whoosh----hiss----"
Heavy, labored breathing, like that of a broken bellows, echoed in the room.
Immediately afterward, Jin Yi saw a pair of feet at the edge of that extremely faint halo of light.
Those feet stopped in front of the hospital bed where he was hiding!
The distance between them was less than half a meter!
Jin Yi could even smell the stench emanating from the monster!
"Where are you----"
A hoarse, violent murmur sounded overhead.
Jin Yi's pupils trembled violently, his heart pounded wildly in his chest, so loudly that he feared even the monster might hear it.
Do not squat down—never squat down—
In Resident Evil, if you encounter a monster, the worst that can happen is to shoot it. Even if you die, it's a glorious and dignified death, a fight with dignity.
But here, under this dilapidated hospital bed, he could only be like a pathetic insect, completely entrusting his life and death to the monster's blind spot.
This feeling of being completely deprived of the right to resist, this absolute powerlessness, is more agonizing than being killed outright!
"Squeak"
The springs of the hospital bed overhead suddenly groaned under the strain.
The monster appeared to be bracing its hands on the mattress, its massive body pressing down!
Jin Yi's breathing stopped completely, and his mind went black.
He could even picture that terrifying head, covered in stitches and scars, slowly, slowly descending upside down under the bed, its murky eyes fixed on him—
One second.
Two seconds.
It felt like an eternity.
Thump.
Those enormous feet finally slowly turned in a different direction.
The heavy footsteps slowly moved to the other side of the room, followed by a loud crash as a wooden cabinet shattered. The monster, seemingly having found no prey, strode out of the room and into the depths of the corridor.
Until the sound completely disappeared.
Jin Yi suddenly released his hands from his mouth, and like a drowning person who had been rescued, he greedily inhaled the stale air under the bed.
He collapsed onto the cold floor, utterly powerless, only trembling uncontrollably.
The pride of Architect, the ambition to find loopholes in the Lu Xiu dungeon—all were crushed to dust in the face of this suffocating darkness and the relentless pursuit.
But the torment had only just begun—without weapons, there was no confidence, only the option of fleeing and hiding in a sorry state. This sense of powerlessness, being at the mercy of others, amplified the fear brought on by the environment.
What awaits Jin Yi next is an even more intricate and complex map of the underworld.
Here, he not only has to avoid the enormous monster, but also face those emaciated, insane, and sick NPCs.
Some hid in the shadows, pouncing on him as he approached; others let out a chilling laugh at the end of the corridor before rushing Extreme Speed; still others, sitting in wheelchairs, came up and gave him a hug.
hide.
Escape.
Looking for batteries.
In this hell where there were no means of resistance, this became one of the only three things he could do.
He was forced to crawl into a pitch-black ventilation duct.
Forced to hide in a cramped closet.
Forced to play a deadly game of hide-and-seek with monsters in the dark.
During this extremely oppressive period, Jin Yi tried countless times to find a weapon, to find his courage.
Even a stick or a stone.
But Lu Xiu!!!
She doesn't know how the copy was made!
All resistance mechanisms are locked down! Nothing can cause any damage!
Nothing works!!!
This body is that of a mere mortal, who can do nothing but run away in fear.
That extreme sense of powerlessness, accompanied by the relentless Jump Scares and the constant high-pressure pursuit, was like a dull knife cutting into flesh, slowly destroying Jin Yi's mind.
soon.
I was so frightened that my heart stopped again.
Jin Yi finally broke down completely.
He gripped his hair tightly, his eyes bloodshot with madness.
"Nothing—nothing at all! They won't even let us use the IV stand!!!"
He let out a devastating roar, "Lu Xiu!!! Can't you even be a human being!!!"
"Where's my weapon?! Where is it?! Where is it?!"
"Even Resident Evil has handguns! Even a beat-up one! Where are the weapons?!"
"Are you crazy?! Why don't you follow the Resident Evil framework?! Why?!"
"You fucking make me run and hide all the time! Is this a horror game or a torture simulator?!"
"Why haven't I finished the game yet?!"
"How long is this dungeon run?! I've been running it for so long!!!"
Jin Yi, who had only been in the dungeon for a little over thirty minutes, roared—
At the same time.
On the forum, while everyone was still discussing the release of the Outlast room dungeon, a new post suddenly appeared.
[---- Lu Xiu!!!! Don't go too far!!! I have no problem with you slapping those Construction Club in the face!!! But we players are innocent!!! Can't you be a human being!!!]