I Rely On Poverty To Sweep Through Survival GamesCh58 - Kitchen

Everyone tacitly ignored the fact that the place was a natural environment for cockroaches, and turned their attention back to the kitchen.

The flashlight in Wu Ting’s hand shifted in another direction. n2kh9u

The kitchen was just as shabby as this apartment 404, and felt like it was worn down from years of disrepair. The wallpaper looked like it was on the point of disintegrating, and there were stains that had accumulated over the years everywhere.

Dirty pots and pans were piled carelessly in the sink; who knew how long they had been left there, as fermentation bubbles had already appeared on the water surface. There was food waste and fragments littered about, which mixed with the dust and hair to create a paradise for many nameless creepy-crawlies.

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Wu Ting furrowed his brow. “Tsk…”

Duan Xueyin touched her throat and felt a little nauseated. r6zGbw

Li Haokuan… It seemed that the cockroach had dealt him too severe an injury, and he was currently in a state of shock.

They long knew that the kitchen would be like this, but when the players thought about how the food they ate might have come out of this place, their stomachs still couldn’t help but turn.

Xiao Lan, who had had countless part-time jobs and had gotten used to seeing the scenery in the kitchens of unsavoury restaurants: A mere trifle.

To speed up their investigation, Xiao Lan also took out the 【Nuclear energy flashlight】 which he had gotten in a trade with Wang Taidi. Two light beams swept back and forth around the kitchen.

Suddenly, Xiao Lan realised that the flashlight had swept past something that looked very familiar.

Bringing the light back, he took a close look. It was a small lump of cloth. A refrigerator on the side was in the way, so no one had a clear view of it.

Luo’s gaze was also fixed on this small lump of cloth for a while, before he said to Xiao Lan, “That looks like Meng Ze’s clothes.”

This sentence drew the other players over. Blocked by the refrigerator, they could only walk further into the kitchen. MmcOPL

After circling the refrigerator, the rest of the cloth was finally revealed to the players.

It was indeed Meng Ze’s clothes, and furthermore — it was on a person’s body!

A little earlier.

Meng Ze was hiding in his room. He had heard the game’s prompt of ‘End in four days’; in other words, he just had to get through today and everything would be fine. L t5kO

He hid under his blanket. Regardless of how blistering hot it was, he shivered all over.

The sounds of the players outside gradually faded, as if they had all gone out. Meng Ze didn’t understand; why didn’t they just stay in their rooms and wait for the game to end? Instead, they went out constantly to explore the environment. Wasn’t it more dangerous the more they went out?

He didn’t know how long he waited; Meng Ze felt like he was going to suffocate under the blanket.

He quietly poked his head out and took deep breaths of the air, which contained water vapour and wasn’t really fresh. 3OqglW

Perhaps because he hadn’t eaten much that morning and so much time had passed after that, but he suddenly felt really hungry. Originally, it would have been just a day at most, and going hungry for a bit wasn’t a problem, so he had planned to endure it.

But for some reason, his heart grew restless. I really want to eat ah. Just a bit will be fine. 

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No, no, it’s very dangerous outside. 

Just a bit won’t be a problem. lh0i4O

No, I can endure it… 

In any case, I’m in my room and I haven’t gone out. If I go hungry for a day, I won’t have any energy.

That’s true… Why not just grab a bite in the kitchen… 

As if he was bewitched, Meng Ze swayed. d3wQDk

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He cautiously lifted the blanket, then carefully poked his head out from the room. After confirming that there were no movements in 404, he tiptoed out stealthily.

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Joy bloomed in Meng Ze’s heart. He reached in and took out the bread. The delicious aroma of baked goods wafted out through the packaging. He impatiently tore the package open and began munching as he squatted in front of the refrigerator.

So tasty! Which bakery made this? How could there be something this delicious in the world?

Meng Ze gobbled down big mouthfuls, and completely forgot about returning to his room.

Suddenly, he felt something in his mouth. It was round, the size of a tangyuan, and very springy… ut2F4l

He abruptly froze mid-bite, unable to spit or swallow. This sensation was too familiar; it was identical to when he ate that eyeball at breakfast.

Before he could think of something, the eyeball in his mouth began to spin wildly, as if closely measuring his mouth. Unable to take it, Meng Ze abruptly spat out the thing in his mouth.

Sure enough, it was an eyeball. This eyeball, which dripped with blood, stared right at him.

“Ah —” DpVGJq

Meng Ze cried out in alarm. “Come ah, is anyone there?! Save me! He Rui!! He Rui!! Duan Xueyin!”

Unfortunately, there wasn’t a single sound outside the kitchen.

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“Heeheehee…”

Laughter suddenly resounded in the kitchen. It sounded malicious, as if dipped in poison. KGdIVP

Meng Ze looked around in fright, but didn’t see anything different in the kitchen.

“Heehee…”

The laughter rang out once more. This time, Meng Ze heard it clearly: It was coming from his hand, from what he was holding.

He looked down stiffly, and came face to face with a human face. The face lacked an eye, and was giving him a distorted smile. It was only a head, and there was nothing under it. DSUa8p

Meng Ze was very familiar with this face; this was the one who ate with them every day — the evil cult believer!

The evil cult believer’s head was in Meng Ze’s hands, and the eyeball on the floor stared at him as his mouth opened and closed: “Come ba, you come as well…”

Meng Ze instantly felt a chill run down his spine. “No…”

The players all gazed at Meng Ze’s body next to the refrigerator. His back was facing them, and he was lying on the counter next to the refrigerator in a twisted position. What Xiao Lan saw earlier were the clothes on his back. aM05fF

Next to him was his head, his face frozen in a horrified rictus, as if he had chopped his own head off while standing.

Duan Xueyin couldn’t help but gasp. “Meng Ze…”

Wu Ting also turned his flashlight in Meng Ze’s direction. Lit up by both beams, the scene in this corner was immediately clear.

This time, Xiao Lan realised that something wasn’t right. “I don’t think Meng Ze is this short? His build isn’t quite right either.” wUc1zG

Indeed, the body wearing Meng Ze’s clothes was very thin. The clothes were a little loose and also a little long on it. This clearly wasn’t Meng Ze’s body.

Wu Ting shone the flashlight on the corpse’s hand. “This tattoo, I think I’ve seen it on the hand of that fellow who keeps jabbering about god. Do you guys have an impression of it?”

Xiao Lan also turned his head to look. He wasn’t familiar with adornments like this, but he did recall that there had been something like a tattoo on the back of the evil cult believer’s hand.

Li Haokuan: “I remember there was one, but I can’t quite remember what it looked like.” Y6V Ar

Only Luo spoke very confidently. “It’s that evil cult believer’s hand. The tattoo is identical to what I saw before. Also, the two broken fingernails from last night are the same.”

Wu Ting was confused. “What fingernails?”

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There was a serene expression on Xiao Lan’s face. “Just… educated him on how to be a person.”

And when he was beating him up, he had accidentally broken two of the man’s fingernails. Who told him to disregard hygiene and keep his nails so long? Nm2c8o

Wu Ting: “…”

Society, oh society, it couldn’t be provoked.

Xiao Lan: “In other words, this is Meng Ze’s head and the evil cult believer’s body?”

Duan Xueyin: “Did the evil cult believer do this? Why would he make this swap?” R60e5N

Xiao Lan spread his hands. “Perhaps he hated that he was too short and wanted to change to a taller body.”

Wu Ting’s expression was contemptuous. “He looks so repressed; what’s the use in just changing bodies? Might as well change the whole person ba.”

Duan Xueyin and Li Haokuan: “…”

Hey, hey, is it really okay for you two to hate on people behind their backs…  hv9nTE

They tried to find another comrade to stop these two, but discovered that Fei Luo also wore a ‘what sir said is very reasonable, it must be like this’ expression.

Why were they matched with comrades that were all hard and troublesome? Life truly was difficult.

The players left the kitchen. As for Meng Ze’s head, there was no way they would take it with them, so Xiao Lan could only find a slightly cleaner towel and cover it.

Dying in a game was just like this; for a comrade to casually help you cover your corpse was already pretty good. 765ulA

After coming out of the kitchen, Xiao Lan checked Meng Ze’s room.

Sure enough, it was as he had guessed: all traces of Meng Ze had disappeared. Although players didn’t have many possessions, there were necessities like towels and toothbrushes that needed to be dried. However, Meng Ze’s room now looked identical to when they had first chosen rooms.

In the time that remained, the players all gathered in the living room, each finding a place to sit.

It was now already very close to night time, and the stifling rain continued to pour outside the window. The heavy rain plus the darkening sky, which had always glowed with a weak light, gave everything the sense of a calm before the storm. 7lFQkv

In the pitter-patter of the rain, the players counted their heartbeats and waited.

Finally, the last trace of light on the horizon vanished as well.

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As if to announce the beginning of a grand event, the moment all of 404 fell into darkness, there was the sound of knocking on the door.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang—” rT07qP

Rather than knocking, it was more like banging.

It’s here, all the players thought to themselves.

Wu Ting was the first to stand up and head to the door. As he advanced, the banging outside didn’t stop at all.

404’s door had no peephole, so to see what was happening outside, they had to open the door. jMszUd

Wu Ting opened the door right away, and the banging instantly stopped.

But there was nothing outside the door at all, only darkness and the pitter-patter of rain. There was nothing to be seen. This was also within the players’ expectations. Conversely, if a very normal person bearing gifts walked in, that would have weirded the players out more.

Wu Ting shut the door and returned to his original spot to wait.

Five minutes later, the banging on the door started up again. This time, it was Li Haokuan who opened the door, but it was just the same as ever outside. wDEv25

This occurred several times. The players took turns opening the door, but nothing appeared.

Five more minutes passed, but this time, there was no banging on the door.

As everyone was looking at the door, Duan Xueyin, who was facing the window, suddenly pointed. “Look, the window!”

Everyone turned their heads to see a black handprint appear on the window, as if someone outside the window had left it there. However, all the players remembered very clearly that this was 404 on the fourth floor. vde4iO

Who could reach a window this high up?

The next second, a second handprint appeared, followed by a third, fourth, fifth… Handprints appeared continuously on the window, each one higher up than the one before. The densely packed handprints covered practically the entire window surface, and furthermore piled up on top of each other and basically merged with the dark black sky.

“Bang bang bang bang bang bang!”

The same pounding rang out once more, this time from the window. The old window creaked under the unceasing attacks, and made them wonder if this old thing would fall apart with a few more hits. QXsTwt

Xiao Lan looked at the window that was on the verge of collapse. “Is this telling us to go outside?”

Duan Xueyin was a little unsure. “Then let’s go out?”

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Xiao Lan stood up. “Since they’re all so enthusiastic, we might as well go. In any case, it’s not like we can just cower and hide. There’s no way that the Advent World will let us clear the instance just by sitting here.”

Wu Ting fiddled with his long curls, a smile on his red lips. “If we really could hide, might as well change the name to Salted Fish World.” 19dChU

With the pounding on the window, the players opened the door and left 404.

Outside was the same old corridor, only without any lights. In the light of their torches, the stained walls cast elongated shadows, making the corridor appear terrifying and haunted.

Walking along the corridor, they arrived at the elevator, which unexpectedly still had a faint, flickering red light.

Xiao Lan tried to press the down button, but didn’t hear any sound of the elevator coming up. The old doors, which were so ancient that passengers had to pull them open themselves, opened on their own this time. hZH8UX

After they opened, the inside was a pitch-black stretch with no visible end.

Xiao Lan: “It looks like whoever enters will die.”

Xiao Qing also poked its head out of Wu Ting’s bracelet at that moment. As if sensing danger, it nudged its owner back.

Luo lightly tossed a coin that he got from who knew where into the darkness. The silver coin flashed as it fell; then, there was nothing. TFs4KZ

There was no sound of it hitting the ground. After entering the darkness, it also didn’t reflect any light — as if it had been swallowed up.

“Shashasha…”

While the players were examining the elevator, there suddenly were sounds from the corridor behind them.

After that, something like human activity could be heard from the rooms that were originally completely empty and sealed up tightly. QuCzXi

It was as if this place was filled with residents, and they were now all preparing to emerge for the gathering.

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