Monster Escape Room Re-Employment Chapter 37
byroad to survival
I don’t know how long it took, maybe only a few seconds, maybe a century.
Jiang Lingyi was like a discarded tin soldier toy, lying alone in the dark corridor. As soon as he woke up, he passed out from the pain, but the moment he was unconscious, he would be woken up by the pain immediately, repeating this several times.
The stairwell is empty. Where are the wild dogs?Only the faint smell of blood and animal stench lingering in the air proved that what just happened was not a nightmare.
He picked up the mobile phone that fell to the ground during the struggle. Fortunately, it was not broken, but the lenses of his glasses were broken. He dusted off the excess debris and placed the tattered frame on the bridge of his nose.
He found a broom for cleaning the corridors near the fire door. He removed the metal pole of the broom. If he encountered any wild animals or criminals again, he would use this for self-defense.
The second death was electrocution.
After leaving the apartment, he tried to move as close to the wall and away from the road as possible. If a police car patrolling at night passed by, he would definitely be questioned as a suspicious person.
After dodging a tree that suddenly fell, he stepped on the manhole cover.Unfortunately, the stone manhole cover was in disrepair for a long time, and Jiang Lingyi’s weight was like the last straw on it, causing it to break from the middle.
Jiang Lingyi tried to hold the metal pole across the hole, supporting his body like a horizontal bar. If he fell, he would never be able to climb back up even if he was resurrected. He would have to suffocate continuously in the well full of stinking sewage, and he would die. He did not want to imagine that hellish future.
“Help! Help!!” He shouted loudly, hoping that someone would happen to pass by, although this hope was very slim…
“Oh my god?! Catch me!”
A head popped out from the well. The man grabbed his arm with both hands and leaned back suddenly. With all his strength, he finally pulled Jiang Lingyi to the ground.
The two of them were breathing heavily. Jiang Lingyi felt warm in her heart when she saw that he was dressed as a takeaway boy and came to save him without even caring about the battery cart falling aside.
“How on earth did you fall in… It’s so scary…” The little brother looked at the dark hole with lingering fear.
“Thank you——”
Jiang Lingyi suddenly saw something passing quickly above him and pushed him back without thinking.
The little brother was pushed and staggered, almost falling down. Just as he was about to scold him for repaying kindness with revenge, there was a snap, and a flower pot smashed straight to where he was standing.
He was stunned and subconsciously looked up, only to see a row of dark windows.
“Zhao! Who is throwing objects at high altitude?! Such a lack of quality!”
He lowered his head and saw Jiang Lingyi’s back as if he was running away.
“That’s weird…” He rode on the battery car in confusion, “It’s really weird tonight. After delivering this order, go home quickly.”
Regardless of the danger of running into an out-of-control truck, Jiang Lingyi just wanted to stay away from that kind brother.
Now, if you stay by his side, you will truly repay kindness with hatred.
I’m sorry… I’m really sorry… He apologized desperately in his heart.
In order to avoid the seemingly peaceful but murderous late-night road, he chose to take a detour to the mall. This route would be slower than usual, but it was really a helpless move.
“Zi la.”
An extremely slight sound of electricity passed overhead.
Tick tock.
A drop of water fell on the ground in front of his toes, causing a tiny splash.
There was a small puddle there that happened to be connected to an aging, sagging power line.
Jiang Lingyi’s pupils suddenly shrank.
Leakage?
He jumped back almost instinctively, trying to get away from the puddle.
But his heel sank into another, shallower, more inconspicuous puddle.
It was a palm-sized wet mark extending from the air conditioner drain pipe.
Crack!
The dazzling blue-white electric light suddenly exploded from the root of the wire, like a long winding snake, running through the wet ground at the speed of light.
“Uh-!!”
He didn’t even have time to let out a full scream.
The vision was filled with dazzling blue and white, and then quickly faded into gray.
The heart made a weird, muffled sound like it was being pinched, thump, thump…
Then it stopped.
His body fell forward and his face hit the puddle hard, causing another splash.
Cold, dirty sewage poured into his mouth and nose, but he couldn’t feel it anymore.
The third death occurred when the convenience store’s sensor door malfunctioned and opened and closed violently at ten times the speed, leading to his death by beheading.
The fourth death occurred when a plastic sheet was blown over his head, causing him to be squeezed and suffocated.
The fifth time was that he was ignited by floating sparks and set himself on fire.
If it could barely look like an accident the first few times, then he simply stopped acting it and all kinds of weird phenomena that went against common sense rushed to happen around him.
After this resurrection, he could no longer stand up.
Every time he was resurrected, he ignored the pain and continued to get up and move forward. However, the accumulated pain from several deaths had exceeded his physical limits and he fell into temporary paralysis.
Just by moving his fingers, the heartbreaking pain immediately shot from his fingertips to his brainstem.
Just raising his head, the phantom pain in his neck made his eyes go black.
He could only lie on the ground and crawl forward little by little.
The field of vision was low, and he could only see a small patch of ground covered with gravel and stains in front of him.The street lights in the distance blur into a halo of light, like an unreachable dream at the end of darkness.
He no longer counts how many times he has died, and no longer thinks about what the next accident will be.He just moved forward, an inch, then an inch.
【…You are really crazy.】
He could no longer tell whether it was Luo Su or another version of himself who was tortured by death.
[Did you think you were almost there?】
“…”
[What if I say that all this is an illusion and you are still on the sofa in the apartment and have never left?】
“…!!”
Jiang Lingyi sat up suddenly.
[I am the master disciple of the Snake of Shura.】
A deathly silence fell on the living room at night.
Ding dong, ding dong, several more group chat notification sounds came from WeChat.
Seventeen minutes past zero.
“…………”
Without saying a word, Jiang Lingyi removed the metal rod of the broom at home and put on his shoes in the entrance hall.
[I’m really stubborn. In terms of perseverance, I won’t lose.】
Dissolved by the acid rain falling overhead.
The power bank rental box suddenly exploded.
Venomous centipedes emerged from the green belt.
The flying steel bar penetrated his chest.
Hanged by a strange rope.
The cash truck policeman’s gun went off.
Whenever he was near the mall, he would wake up again in the living room.
How long has passed?
It may only be a few seconds in reality, but it may feel like a century has passed.
The length of those painful memories has far exceeded the happy times.
“………………”
Jiang Lingyi’s eyes gradually became hollow.
When he woke up this time, he slowly turned his head and looked at the bottle of sleeping pills on the coffee table.
[Eat it, you won’t die.】
[I have come back to life so many times before, so it must be fake this time too, right?】
[There have been so many uncomfortable deaths, why can’t I die comfortably this time?】
The whispers of the devil stalk deep within.
He picked up the medicine bottle like a man possessed and poured a handful into his hand.
[Haha, I no longer need to control your body.】
[Searching for true death and relief has become your instinct.】
[Sure enough, no matter how tenacious the spirit is, no matter how great the love is, it cannot defeat despair.】
I can no longer recall what Lou Xian’s smile looked like, nor the warmth of his lips.
Just remember that if you die, you won’t be able to be with him forever.
This only thought made his hand pause in mid-air for a long time.
“No!!”
“Jiang Lingyi——!!!”
A figure appeared out of thin air and threw itself into his arms.
The impact of the hug was so great that he fell backwards on the sofa, and the pills in his hand scattered all over the floor.
He looked up sluggishly, and Lou Xian was sitting astride him, clutching the lapel of his clothes with both hands. His beautiful face was now covered with tears, and drops of water kept dripping on his collar.
“Don’t do this…” Lou Xian choked and cried, “Please…”
Jiang Lingyi looked at him blankly, her mind going blank.
Why is Lou Xian here?Shouldn’t he be taken to the secret room by Pang Mei?Where is Pangmei?Is it another phantom created by Luo Su to defeat him?
“Look at me, Jiang Lingyi!” Lou Xian held his cheek and forced his eyes to focus, “Illusions and dreams are one, while I was sleeping… I saw… the endless dream of your constant death…”
He lowered his head and covered Jiang Lingyi’s lips, a warm kiss mixed with the saltiness of tears.
“Let me eat you, Jiang Lingyi.” He gasped and begged as if begging for pleasure.
“I can’t wait any longer. Become my snake belly now. Give your body, soul, everything… to me. As long as you merge with me, Luo Su’s curse will no longer be able to hurt you, and you won’t have to experience that kind of despair again… I will help you share all the pain…”
He raised his face, his breathtaking eyes flashing with tears: “Please… I don’t want to see you leave me again… and see you endure that again… I can’t bear it…”
He pressed each other’s bodies harder, put Jiang Lingyi’s hand on his waist, and rubbed it downwards, crudely coaxing his lover to fall into the path of Shura with him.
“I promise that I will eat you very gently, and it won’t hurt at all… There may still be a little bit – it’s up to you how you want to return me, play with me or ravage me afterwards, I just ask you -”
“Don’t die…”
He slowly raised his hand and touched Lou Xian’s wet cheek stiffly.
So warm…
It’s nostalgic…
Jiang Lingyi’s heart seemed to be grasped by a warm hand, as if it was some kind of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He felt that the cold and numb heart in his chest began to beat again, and his eyes gradually returned to the clear look of the past.
“You…” He opened his mouth, his throat so dry that it hurt, “Why are you so stupid…”
The words of rejection reached his lips, but turned into a softer sigh.
He gently wiped away the tears from the corners of Lou Xian’s eyes with his fingertips, “I can’t agree to your request now.”
Lou Xian froze: “Why?!”
“Because isn’t that just escaping?”
Lou Xian retorted hastily: “I, I will not dislike you! As long as you can survive, I will do anything -”
“And it treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.”
“The key to the problem is not me, but Luo Su, right?”
“What if he lets me go and finds Bai Wuchang and the others again? Can you still eat them all?”
Lou Xian was speechless for a moment.
Jiang Lingyi said slowly: “I know this idea may seem a bit outrageous to you…but, I want to have a good talk with Luo Su.”
Of course, he didn’t expect Luo Su to be moved by his words and change his mind.
So far, I have always regarded him as the big boss who suddenly appeared at the end of the level, and I have never tried to understand him.
Moreover, Jiang Lingyi felt that she might be able to understand his motives.