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Chapter 919 A ​​Hero's True Colors

Ren Leshan was always cautious. After learning from An Zhitinglan that the elevator was not far from here, he decided to go to the elevator first and then go to the fire door to open it.

The mouse who loves to eat cats is very puzzled by this, and doesn't understand why he didn't hurry up and open the door.

Despite its complaints, the mouse decided to go with Renle Mountain based on the principle of "not abandoning any of its companions".

Seeing this, Anzhi Tinglan could only follow the two. She herself couldn't open the door, so she could only act together with Ren Leshan and the others.

The reason he wanted to go to the elevator was firstly because Ren Leshan couldn't completely trust An Zhitinglan. Although An Zhitinglan had described the map to him, people's memories are bound to be biased, and An Zhitinglan's description was rather vague. Ren Leshan had to see and understand it himself before he could feel completely at ease.
Secondly, opening the door requires the right tools. If the fire door is locked, it would be difficult for the three of them with their six hands to open it. As for the rat's suggestion to ram the door, Ren Leshan thought it best not to do so.

It's best to find some useful tools on your way to the elevator so you can pry the door open as quietly as possible.

Anzhi Tinglan also had the idea of ​​finding tools to pry open the door. This abandoned shopping mall was full of scrap materials, with iron sheets and thin wires everywhere, which would be good helpers to open the door.

However, while collecting props, she didn't forget her idiotic persona. She picked up a steel pipe as thick as her wrist and said that if she really couldn't open the door, she could use the steel pipe to smash the lock off. The mouse thought it was a good idea, and Ren Leshan just twitched his lips.

One wanted to break down the door, and the other wanted to smash the lock. Ren Leshan felt that if he really associated with these two, his fate would be predictable.

Once the door is open, they can go wherever they want.

As Ren Leshan was thinking this, he saw a cluster of vertical transparent glass barrels appear in front of him.

It is a glass elevator cabin.

For his own safety, Ren Leshan told the other two to do nothing and follow him, while he himself walked at the front with a flashlight.

Therefore, Ren Leshan, who was at the very front, saw the elevator first, and at the same time he saw the blue-green claw machine standing next to it.

The claw machines here are the same as the ones they saw before, with the same packaging, the same plush toys, and they can't be used without coins.

The slightly eerie light from the claw machine shone onto the glass walls of the elevator car, which then reflected off the glass walls, making the elevator car appear ghostly.

“This is it.” Anzhi Tinglan took two steps forward to stand next to Ren Leshan. The area around the elevator was quite open, making her footsteps sound like they had a reverb effect.

It's very dark here; the brightest light source is the glowing claw machine next to the elevator.

But because the elevator car looked too eerie, Mouse Loves to Eat Cat didn't dare to go over and just followed closely behind An Zhitinglan, urging, "Brother Ren, didn't you want to look at the map? Go on, Xiaolan and I will wait for you here."

It's quite natural for mice to love eating cats, and they've already given Anzhitinglan a nickname.

They were standing only a few meters away from the elevator, so it wasn't really considered splitting up. The rats didn't need to worry about the classic scene from horror movies where they split up.

From this position, he can also see the map posted next to the elevator door.

The map was originally covered with a thick layer of dust, and there were traces of it being wiped clean.

"Did you wipe it?" the mouse asked An Zhitinglan, looking at the map from afar.

Anzhi Tinglan raised her hand to show him the gray in her palm: "It's me. I almost didn't notice it at first because the map was covered in gray."

Ren Leshan had already walked a few steps to the elevator. The up and down buttons by the door were dusty, with a few fresh fingerprints on them, probably left by An Zhitinglan when she tried to use the elevator.

However, since the power is out here, even if Anzhitinglan breaks her finger pressing the elevator button, it won't move an inch.

Ren Leshan took a few steps to the side to get as far away from the elevator door as possible, and then began to look at the map on the wall next to the door.

On the map, they are currently in the very center of this floor, with the shops in the mall arranged around the central elevator on each floor.

Anzhi Tinglan was right; the supermarket and stairs were in the northwest corner. He quickly scanned the entire map and memorized the terrain.

The shops on the first floor are all clothing stores or restaurants. The only thing that is a little special is the public toilet in the southeast corner. Because ghosts appear more frequently in this place, Ren Leshan paid extra attention to it.

Another unusual thing is that he didn't find the mall entrance on the map.

Looking at the map, this area is not small. Shopping malls of this size usually have two or more entrances, but Renleshan looked at the front of the map for a long time and couldn't find any entrance markers.

Strange, doesn't this shopping mall have a main entrance?

With these questions in mind, Ren Leshan began to observe the area they were in on the map again.

The area around the elevator is empty because it used to be an open-air clearance sale area where out-of-season or outdated clothes would be taken out and hung on rows of clothing racks for discounted sales.

However, those shelves have now fallen to the ground, with discarded clothes still hanging on them.

Anzhi Tinglan squatted down and pulled a thin steel rod from one of the broken clothes racks; it might come in handy when she pried open the door later.

While collecting props, she couldn't help but think of Gu Mian's guitar case and the "instruments" inside.

When Anzhi Tinglan unfortunately entered Gu Mian's home, she caught a glimpse of the "resident" in the guitar case—a dazzling-looking creature with a loud voice.

Using it to open the door would definitely be twice as effective.

"Swish, swish"

As she imagined it, Anzhi Tinglan seemed to hear the sound emanating from that dazzling thing.

wrong?

Is that what it's called?
The mouse next to him, who loved to eat cats, displayed his heroic nature. Upon hearing the sound, his first reaction was to turn on his powerful flashlight to see where the sound was coming from. Fortunately, Ren Leshan reacted quickly and stopped his mischievous hand. Then, he grabbed one person with each hand and tried to drag them both in the opposite direction from the sound. He was joking, because if these two were exposed now, he definitely wouldn't be able to run far either.

Ren Leshan, with his keen hearing and sharp eyesight, quickly determined the direction of the sound.

It came from the east; if I remember correctly, there was a large area of ​​clothing stores there.

As mentioned before, the area around the elevator was very open, with almost no buildings offering any cover. There was only one fitting room set up with a tarpaulin not far away. Ren Leshan quickly pulled the two of them back to the fitting room, but they didn't go in.

This fitting room has a single door; if a ghost blocks the door after you go in, you'll have nowhere to escape.

He only intended to circle around the fitting room to conceal his figure.

"Don't move or make a sound." After pulling the rat and Anzhitinglan to the west side of the fitting room, Renleshan warned them.

The mouse, who loved to eat cats, realized that its behavior was inappropriate and hurriedly nodded to indicate that it would never make any more moves.

Ren Leshan, still uneasy, snatched the flashlights from the two men's hands, and then peered eastward.

Because the flashlights were turned off, the three people in the fitting room were surrounded by complete darkness and could not see anything in the distance.

The light from the claw machine next to the elevator couldn't penetrate to the east, so they could only hear the sounds coming from there but couldn't see what was making the noise.

But the rustling sound of the machine didn't seem to be made by a person; it sounded like something being dragged along, and it was moving very fast.

Whether it was lucky or unlucky, the sound seemed to be moving closer to us.

This means that they might see what's making the sound in a moment, but it also indicates that a tense and exciting running race is about to begin.

Fortunately, it seemed that the thing over there did not intend to come to visit. Ren Leshan saw a blurry shadow flash by in the east and then disappear from sight. That should be the thing that made the sound. At this moment, he noticed that the person behind him moved.

Looking back, he saw the mouse with its mouth open, as if it wanted to make a sound.

Ren Leshan didn't know what the other party was planning to do, but it certainly wasn't anything good.

He immediately grabbed the rat's shoulder with one hand and covered its mouth with the other to prevent it from doing anything wrong.

Ren Leshan only released the mouse that loved to eat cats after the rustling sound completely disappeared. He frowned and looked at the other animal: "What were you trying to do just now?"

"I know him!" the mouse exclaimed, its voice finally free. "He's someone I know, the person who just passed by is someone I know!"

"How could you tell so quickly that it was someone you know?" Anzhitinglan questioned.

Her eyesight was pretty good, but she still couldn't make out what had just floated past in the darkness, not even a human figure.

“I recognize his clothes; I wouldn’t mistake his work uniform even if it were burned to ashes…”

"Do you recognize that thing from earlier?" Ren Leshan quickly ran through a few names in his mind, "Six Six Great Fortune? Sweetheart Xiao Qi or that Guiguzi?"

The mouse, who loves to eat cats, shook its head: "No, it's called 'One Punch Sends You to the Western Paradise'."

It's a very unique name.

This was the first time the name had come from the mouth of "Mouse Loves to Eat Cat." Anzhi Tinglan frowned slightly: "Besides the three you mentioned,... there are other people from your base who have also entered this instance?"

"I didn't know he was in the instance but wasn't on the list. Brother Ren was in here but wasn't on the list either. I only found out he was pulled in when I saw Xitian just now."

"The mouse loves to eat the cat," said the cat, looking in the direction the shadow had disappeared. "He's all alone. Let's go find him."

He seemed very confident that he could "send your companion to the Western Paradise with one punch," without even considering whether his good friend could move at the inhuman speed he had just witnessed.

He couldn't have thought of that, but Anzhi Tinglan and Renleshan, who were standing next to him, were both very shrewd and naturally understood that the "good friend" the mouse had just seen might not be his real friend.

Even if what just happened was indeed the person who went to the Western Paradise, Ren Leshan and An Zhitinglan were unwilling to spend time playing house with the rats. Right now, they were both thinking about opening the fire door as soon as possible.

But at this moment, one of them is the image of a "harmonious and loving" guide, while the other is the image of a "naive and ignorant" kind young woman.

Everyone was careful to maintain their public image, and the two were waiting for the other to reject the notion that mice love to eat cats, so a brief silence fell over the place.

But the instance was always very considerate, and didn't let them hesitate for too long; the rat's friend returned.

When she heard the rustling sound return, An Zhitinglan's expression changed, and she turned and ran away.

She didn't want to wait until the thing was right in front of her to confirm whether it was a mouse's good friend; it was better for the mouse to do that kind of thing itself.

Ren Leshan reacted immediately and ran in the same direction as An Zhitinglan. Life is more important than one's public image.

The mouse, who loves to eat cats, is rather slow to react. It wasn't until the other two had run several meters away that he realized the "rustling" sound had returned.

His friend is back; he should be happy.

The mouse was thinking to turn around immediately and see if the voice was coming from behind him after sending him to his death with a single punch.

But perhaps it was Ren Leshan and An Zhitinglan's escape that shattered his sense of security, a feeling of fear surged from the soles of his feet to his head. The more he listened, the more eerie the friction sound seemed, and the less it sounded like it was being made by a human.

He stood there for two seconds, but still didn't dare to look back. Instead, like Anzhi Tinglan and Renleshan, he ran in the opposite direction from the sound, calling out, "Wait... wait for me..."

Intermittently, the corpse face rolls across the keyboard, its bluffing revealing its heroic nature.