Erotic Survival Game - Chapter 334
Chapter 334: Deathtrap Hospital (7)
There was more than one Chainsaw Killer!
"Run!" Jiang Ting, at the very front, barked a sharp command. Gripping Ji Ning's hand, he turned and bolted. Qin Yanshu brought up the rear, slamming the restroom door shut behind them to buy a sliver of time. The three of them fled back the way they had come, still choosing the stairs to go either up or down.
A violent "BANG" erupted behind them as the killer kicked the restroom door open. With a savage grin, he strode swiftly after the fleeing trio.
He was simply too tall. One of his strides covered nearly one and a half of a normal person's. So even if he didn't run, just walking at a brisk pace was enough to keep a close, unshakable distance from Ji Ning and the others.
As if on cue, a system notification chimed in: 【Female Player No. 5 has been sawed through the neck and body. Complete death.】
Before No. 5, while Ji Ning's group of three had been off doing tasks and gathering clues, No. 11's death notice had already been announced.
No. 5 was also a member of the Wolf Team, ranking third from last and tenth from the front. Like No. 11, she had been placed on the first or second floor due to her low priority.
When Ji Ning and Qin Yanshu had found Jiang Ting earlier, the killer had been chasing No. 11 on the second floor, and had likely discovered Player No. 5 as well.
There had been a lull for a while, but it hadn't been long before the clamor of the chase had started up again.
That meant the killer downstairs currently had no target to hunt. Ji Ning's group couldn't go down, lest they be chased by two killers at once. They had no choice but to head up.
The reason No. 11 and No. 5 had been caught was brutally simple: they had encountered the killer from the very beginning.
Because their low priority restricted them to the lower floors, and with no one to lead them upstairs, No. 11 and No. 5 could only flee and hide on the first and second floors.
And knowing full well that the first and second floors of the second building were unsafe, players on higher floors were even less willing to go down.
The Chainsaw Killer never tired, but the players had a stamina limit. With no extra space to maneuver and no elevator to exploit, it was like sinking into quicksand—they could only wait in despair as death closed in.
"I checked earlier. The elevator is stopped on the seventh floor. We'll take the stairs up to seven, then ride the elevator back down to three to put some distance between us," Jiang Ting said in a low voice. He pulled Ji Ning along as they ran into the stairwell. "Yanshu, shut the door behind us."
The eerie laughter behind them never ceased for a moment. The footsteps grew faster and faster; judging by the alternating rhythm, the killer had broken into a jog.
Ji Ning took the steps two at a time. With Jiang Ting pulling her, it wasn't too strenuous.
She glanced down over the railing to pinpoint the killer's position, and her gaze met his as he tilted his head up to stare at her. The painted eyes on the mask were stiff and lifeless, yet they somehow conveyed a sinister, piercing stare.
"Ehehehe!!!" Seeing Ji Ning look at him, the killer reacted as if stimulated, charging up the stairs in a mad dash. His speed suddenly spiked, and he cleared an entire flight of stairs in just a few strides.
"Ah! Jiang Ting, faster!" Ji Ning instantly regretted looking. Her legs pumped furiously, and she ended up running even faster than Jiang Ting.
Sensing the danger closing in, the three of them climbed for their lives. After ascending four floors, they burst straight out of the stairwell, shut the door behind them, and sprinted toward the elevator.
At that moment, the Chainsaw Killer was only a flight and a half of stairs behind them. If they stood still, he would be on them in less than two seconds.
So Jiang Ting scooped Ji Ning up in his arms, his long legs swinging wide as he ran. Qin Yanshu sped ahead, his hand slamming the down button before his body had even fully arrived.
The instant the elevator doors opened a crack, Jiang Ting, still holding Ji Ning, squeezed in sideways. The first thing Qin Yanshu did upon entering was hit the close-door button, then the button for the third floor.
In the brief moment it took for the elevator doors to shut, the three of them stood inside the car, panting heavily, watching the killer chase after them a few steps. Then he raised his roaring chainsaw at them in a mock salute, turned, and headed back toward the stairs…
"He's going to cut us off at the elevator entrance downstairs!" Ji Ning understood the killer's intent instantly. Her heart hammered against her ribs, feeling like it was about to burst from her chest. "What if he's fast enough to go straight to the sixth floor and press the elevator button? No, the sixth floor is too far—the fifth floor is more likely!"
Even as Ji Ning spoke, Qin Yanshu, thinking in perfect sync, simultaneously pressed the button for the sixth floor. The elevator was already in motion; a moment later and the sixth floor would have been unselectable, leaving them to watch helplessly as the car carried them downward, straight into the killer's embrace.
Who would have thought the Chainsaw Killer, who seemed so brutish, would have this kind of reaction speed? If he managed to reach any floor below and intercept the elevator, the consequences would be unthinkable.
The most promising option now was to exploit the time gap before the killer could get there, transfer to the sixth floor, then head up to the eighth floor from there, widen the distance, and find a place to hide.
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