CH 100

Chapter 100 – Without a Key 12

Xu RenDong woke up in the elevator.

“Uh—” He took a long breath, like a drowning man resurfacing

Xu RenDong stroked his neck in shock, as if there were still bruises there lingering from the broken neck bone. His mind is very confused now and his eyes were full of the strange pictures he saw before he died and he can’t come back to his senses for a while.

Until Lian Qiao discovered his abnormality: “Brother RenDong?”

“…!” Xu RenDong raised his eyes in shock, just in time to meet Lian Qiao’s worried eyes, “…It’s okay, I was thinking about something.”

Xu RenDong involuntarily took a small step back. He didn’t realize it himself,but Lian Qiao was sensitively aware of his defenses and unease.

……What happened?

Why was he… afraid of me?

Lian Qiao was silent for a moment and, in the end, did not ask. He just turned his head and looked at the large characters that appeared in the air.

“Lock without a key”.

The two didn’t speak any more, their expressions a little stiff. In this way they walked out of the elevator, each with their own thoughts.

On the way to the tulou, Xu RenDong sorted out the clues he had so far in his heart.

The first was the images he saw before he died.

What is that flashing thing in Shi JianChuan’s hand? What was it that jumped at him in the air? Was Shi JianChuan killed by that thing?

Also, why did the teammates in the guest room suddenly go crazy and start killing each other? Lian Qiao clearly had a ring on his body, so why did he become out of control to the point that he even strangled him to death.

At this moment, Xu RenDong suddenly remembered the little snake he saw on the third floor.

That’s right, the ring!

The ring on the tail of the little snake was not from the lantern on the second floor at all but was stolen from Lian Qiao!

It stole Lian Qiao’s ring while he was swimming in the water with Lian Qiao on his back!

It was Shi JianChuan who betrayed him!

Xu RenDong only felt a heat in his chest and a burst of anger rushed up. At this time, the two happened to walk into the earth building and a crowd of black people appeared in front of them. Xu RenDong found the man in the black Tang suit in the crowd at a glance.

He walked straight over, took out a brick and smashed it on Shi JianChuan’s forehead.

Shi JianChuan: “???”

Everyone: “???!!!”

This brick was picked up by Xu RenDong on the road. Who would have thought that this beautiful man who looked like a flower of high mountains would actually come up and smash people with a brick? !

Shi JianChuan didn’t have any expectation of this at all and the weird little snake didn’t come out to bite back. He was stunned that Xu RenDong succeeded.

“You… who are you! Why are you beating me?!” Shi JianChuan covered the place where the bricks hit, his head full of blood and question marks.

“Heh.” Xu RenDong snorted coldly and told a big lie, “We’ve met in the previous instance, did you forget? Even if you’ve forgotten, I haven’t! How many hidden props do you have and how many teammates have you killed? You still have the face to pretend that you don’t know me?!”

The more he scolded, the more angry he became and the more he scolded, the more he got into the act. As he spoke, he lifted the brick and faced Shi JianChuan again. When everyone heard this, they looked sideways and pointed at Shi JianChuan. Shi JianChuan was naturally bewildered and Lian Qiao was equally bewildered as he was.

What? Xu RenDong knows this person? And had even been tricked by him!?

How was that possible?!

No, I have to help him.

Lian Qiao reacted quickly, limping to Xu RenDong’s side with a cane and said without a second’s pause: “Yes! Even my leg was broken by you! You didn’t expect it right!? I actually still survived!”

Shi JianChuan: “??????”

Xu RenDong, who didn’t expect that Lian Qiao would come to help, was stunned for a moment: “…Eh?”

There were some people standing beside Shi JianChuan but now they all retreated silently. One, they didn’t want to stand with someone who was so scummy that he would pit his teammates and Two, they were afraid that the three people would start fighting and innocent people would get caught in the crossfire.

So, poor Shi JianChuan covered the wound on his head and was cooperatively scolded by Lian Qiao. In front of everyone’s eyes, he couldn’t let the snake out to kill them both. He had to stand there and be scolded by them both.

“You two, calm down first.” Shi JianChuan tried to explain, “I never…”

“Oh, keep pretending.” Xu RenDong sneered, “You think because everyone is dead, the things you did won’t matter. That no one will know!”

“That’s right!” Lian Qiao echoed angrily, “If we don’t know you, why would we frame you as soon as we come in here!”

Shi JianChuan: “…” I also want to know why!

Xu RenDong: “…” He turned his head, glanced at Lian Qiao and felt strange in his heart: Yes, Lian Qiao doesn’t know why he framed someone else who why did he come to help me?

One was deliberately framing another, and the second person helped provide glue to piece everything together even better. Shi JianChuan was naturally at a loss for words. Fortunately, Xu RenDong gradually calmed down and did not call on everyone to work together to kill this bastard. After all, that snake of Shi JianChuan’s was extremely powerful and if he really wanted to make a move, even eighty people together were not his opponents.

As for the other people, when they entered the instance to see so many players, they were originally already under a lot of mental pressure and the thread in their hearts had been wound tightly. Suddenly there was a good show to watch so everyone was naturally addicted to eating melons, secretly wanting to see these three fight.

Everyone watched the fun and watched so intently that when the old lady with bound feet walked down the stairs behind everyone, she stood for a long time without anybody noticing her- not a single person paid her any attention.

The old lady was also at a loss: Who am I and where am I? Is this a horror instance?  Why the hell is everyone ignoring me?

“Cough, cough everyone…” The old lady’s hoarse voice was completely suppressed by the noisy Lian Qiao. Lian Qiao’s continual imaginative complaints became more and more vigorous and he had already compiled the story of the seventh teammate Shi JianChuan killed.

“Everyone!” The old lady stomped her feet in anger and her voice suddenly became high and shrill. “Don’t watch the fun! Turn around and listen to me!”

Only then did everyone realize that there was an old lady in red with bound feet standing behind them and they couldn’t help but take in a breath of shock.

The old lady finally regained some of the majesty of the little boss. She cleared her throat and was about to speak but was suddenly pushed away: “Get out of the way!” 

The old lady was stunned.

This time, all eighty people in the audience, including Shi JianChuan and Lian Qiao, were all stunned.

Lian Qiao was the first to react. He said: “Shit” and quickly chased after him: “Brother RenDong, wait for me! Where are you going? Don’t you want to listen to the NPC’s announcement…”

Everyone watched as the lame Lian Qiao jogged and chased after the man.

The old lady with bound feet suddenly fell into an extremely embarrassing situation. She turned around in a daze and saw that everyone was looking at each other in bemusement. The old lady opened her mouth and suddenly realized that she didn’t know what to say.

No matter what she said, it was impossible to restore her dignity!

Who was this little bastard! He gave her such a disgrace at the beginning!

See if she doesn’t kill him!

Lian Qiao leaned on crutches and climbed the stairs with great difficulty. Xu RenDong walked without looking back and already reached the fourth floor in one breath. Lian Qiao had 10,000 reasons in his heart but he didn’t dare to ask.

Because the boss was in a bad mood.

Although he doesn’t know why, the boss does have this… this habit.

There were not many opportunities for him to enter the instance together with Xu RenDong. But he found that sometimes Xu RenDong loses his temper inexplicably and then inexplicably leads him to lie down and win.

But if the boss doesn’t lose his temper, this game will be very difficult…

He thought hard enough to crack his head open but he still couldn’t understand why.In short, it is better not to stimulate the big boss now.

Lian Qiao’s left leg was broken and he couldn’t use force. He could only tap the ground lightly with his toes,and most of his body weight was on the crutches in his right leg and left hand. Every time he went up the stairs, he had to step on his right leg first and then move his left leg up with the support of a cane.

His physical fitness is good but he has not specially trained how to go up the stairs with a lame leg. In addition, the steps of the tulou were so high that he will soon be unable to bear it.

After finally climbing up to the fourth floor, his arms were already shaking. He had to rest against the wall.

He didn’t know where Xu RenDong went…

Lian Qiao was anxious and a little aggrieved. He raised his head and looked up but unexpectedly saw a flashing figure in the corner upstairs.

Huh? Was he on the fifth floor?

Lian QIao was instantly motivated. With a bang, he clambered up another layer.

…but the fifth floor was empty.

Lian Qiao looked around. The sky above the circular corridor is empty and only a series of red lanterns floating in the night sky, strangely infiltrating.

He glanced up nervously. The familiar corner of the clothes flashed by again.

Are you on the sixth floor…

Lian Qiao took a deep breath, stumbled, and just climbed another floor.

Lian Qiao, who came to the sixth floor, was out of breath, and his arms were too sore to lift. He could only lean against the wall, panting like a large dog.

At this moment, he heard light footsteps above his head. This walking frequency was very familiar. He would eavesdrop behind his bedroom door every night, wondering if the person next door to him had fallen asleep or was taking a shower…

Like a pervert.

Lian Qiao vaguely felt that Xu RenDong was deliberately trolling him but there was no evidence. He could only whimper in his heart and continue to climb up.

There was, of course, no big boss on the seventh floor.

Not even on the eighth floor.

The ninth floor, it’s almost the ninth floor! After the ninth floor, it has to be over!

Lian Qiao was too tired to straighten his back. He gasped heavily and moved to the railing in great embarrassment. Looking up, it was the roof. There was nothing but tiles on the roof. A moon hung miserably in the sky, illuminating Lian Qiao’s miserable face.

When he was on the eighth floor just now, he heard Xu RenDong walking upstairs. Since there are no stairs to go up to the roof, Xu RenDong must be on this floor!

Probably in one of the rooms?

Although he didn’t know what the boss was angry about, Lian Qiao decided to honestly accept the punishment of the boss based on the good quality of “stand up when you are beaten”. Holding his crutches, he moved with difficulty to the door of the first room on the left side of the stairs and knocked on the door three times.

“Brother RenDong, are you there?” After waiting for three seconds, there was no response.

Lian Qiao turned his head and walked towards the next room.

“Knock knock knock”.

“Brother RenDong?” 

The next one.

“Knock knock knock”.

“Brother RenDong? Are you angry? I know I’m wrong, but… um, I don’t know what I did wrong, can you tell me…?”

Next.

…

There was a “squeak” sound. Xu RenDong came out of the first room on the right side of the stairs and looked helplessly at Lian Qiao who had chosen the wrong direction.

Lian Qiao had already knocked on the doors of five or six rooms and, at this time, had already walked to the opposite side of the circular earth building, so he didn’t notice Xu RenDong come out of this room at all.

Xu RenDong watched him search for the door while loudly admitting his mistake and felt both angry and funny.

In the end, Xu RenDong had no choice but to call him over from the opposite side.

Lian Qiao, who was picked up, sat at the table honestly and watched Xu RenDong rush out the glamorous maid who had been waiting in the room. He felt uneasy for a while but it was followed by a burst of excitement.

Hey hey hey, although I don’t know what I did wrong, is the big boss going to punish me inside the room? Hehehehehe…..

Sure enough, when Xu RenDong came back from the door, he was holding a dazzling silver circle in his hand.

Lian Qiao suddenly made up the 100,000-word imprisonment play and was so excited that his whole person could not describe it. But…why was this ring so small, it’s not suitable to wear on hands or feet. And there is only one ring…

Could it be that it was worn on…?!

No, it’s too exciting, too exciting.

Lian Qiao swallowed his saliva and recited the law of death in horror movies repeatedly. However, his eyes couldn’t hide the expectation at all and two flushes flew onto his cheeks. His excitement was beyond words.

He saw Xu RenDong walk up to him, take his hand and put the silver ring in his hand.

“You keep this one, it’s a life-saving tool this time around.”

Lian Qiao was stunned and couldn’t help being disappointed, but his heart was still warm and sweet.

“Okay.” He raised his head with a smile and took advantage of the situation to hold Xu RenDong’s hand. He wanted to ask him why he was angry just now and, at the same time, coax him as well.

But Xu RenDong pulled back his hand bluntly, turned around, and said calmly and clearly: “We will act separately this time. Take care of yourself.”

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The author has something to say:

RenDong: [Putting out nine rings] Putting “nine” and “lock” together, what do you think of?

Lian Qiao: [swallows saliva] Nine… Kowloon Lock x Hoops? {Kowloon is a place in Hong Kong, Kowloon is written as “Nine Dragons”. I’m not exactly sure what this means but knowing LQ, it’s probably some sex thing lol.}

RenDong: ? ? ?