Quick Transmigration: Even Extras Want to Be Leading Actresses

Chapter 223 Theme Competition: Fortune Apartment (8)

"Xiao Wang, did you come up from the fourteenth floor?" Zhang Cheng's voice was low, and his mood seemed off.

Shi Qi nodded: "What's wrong?"

Zhang Cheng found it increasingly strange that if a capable person or a ghost entered the marked area, the mark would definitely be triggered.

This is mainly to avoid accidental injury.

"Xiao Wang, what are your abilities?" Zhang Cheng suddenly asked.

“Um… I recovered relatively quickly, just like Gu Nian,” Shi Qi said seriously.

Because skills can reveal a player's identity, almost all active skills in the script are unusable.

Only a small number of skills that do not reveal personal information are available.

Clearly, Shi Qi's skills do not meet this standard.

Zhang Cheng gave him a deep look. He didn't have the aura of a ghost or monster, nor did he have any special abilities. He looked like an ordinary person.

Could it really be an ordinary person who infiltrated the group...?

Shi Qi knew that the team leader had begun to have doubts and planned to act alone with Gu Shijiu, so she carefully asked about the rules.

He had already learned about the rules from Gu Shijiu, but Gu Shijiu had forgotten most of them.

Zhang Cheng patiently repeated all the rules, and finally emphasized: "Never go to the sixteenth floor."

Shi Qi was taken aback: "So we're not actually on the sixteenth floor right now?"

"In order to prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering, the team sealed off the sixteenth floor. What we see as the sixteenth floor is actually the fifteenth floor."

Everyone who comes to rent a room is only allowed to stay on the fifteenth floor, but some people like to wander around and may have accidentally wandered onto the sixteenth floor.

Zhang Cheng explained carefully.

Shi Qi asked casually, "What about those people? Will they cause you any trouble?"

“We’re not in any trouble, but they’ve all disappeared.” Zhang Cheng emphasized.

Gu Shijiu nodded, determined to take Shi Qi upstairs to take a look later.

Before long, reinforcements arrived, and you could hear voices and roars mixed together even through the door.

Zhang Cheng and Jiang Jiadong immediately opened the door and rushed out, joining their colleagues to lead Xu Zhongtian to the stairwell.

Once these people left, Gu Shijiu pulled Shi Qi back to her room, number 1686.

It turns out that she and Shi Qi had the same idea and planned to take each other on a separate mission. They also took a bunch of special items left behind by someone in 1686.

"Which way should we go?" Gu Shijiu glanced at Zhang Cheng and the others, who were walking downhill.

"This is actually the fifteenth floor. If we go up, we might find the real sixteenth floor."

Shi Qi glanced down and saw that the two sides were locked in a fierce battle, so she probably didn't need any help.

Gu Shijiu thought it made a lot of sense and followed Shi Qi upstairs.

Suddenly, the two of them felt dizzy and their vision blurred. When they recovered, the scene in front of them had obviously changed.

It looks like the same building, but the sixteenth floor where they are should be the top floor, but now there are two staircases extending upwards.

Looking at the number on the wall, it said 9. They had inexplicably ended up on the ninth floor.

Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi went up, but they didn't reach the tenth floor; they arrived at the seventh floor instead.

No wonder they say Xu Zhongtian could stay inside for a whole day after the mark took effect.

The two had no choice but to continue down the stairs. After trying up, down, left, and right repeatedly, Shi Qi barely managed to find some patterns.

Each floor has four connecting staircases, leading to the first floor, the second floor, the first floor, and the second floor.

Going up or down the stairs is meaningless.

Which staircase leads to the next floor and which leads to the next floor is completely random and has no discernible pattern.

Once you enter a new floor, even if you return the way you came, you may not be able to get back to the original location.

There was nothing else they could do but try slowly. Fortunately, their physical condition had improved, and they didn't feel tired walking up and down the stairs.

However, Gu Shijiu found it very boring, and when she was halfway down the floor, she leaned against the wall and didn't want to go any further.

"We haven't found the so-called sixteenth floor after all this time, why don't we take a break?"

Just as Shi Qi was about to speak, a hand suddenly reached out from behind her.

The two immediately became alert.

Uh... it's Zhang Cheng: "What are you two doing here?"

As soon as he got to this floor, he heard two people talking. He quickly ran over to see what was going on and found that it really was those two rather strange people.

"We're lost," Gu Shijiu said matter-of-factly.

"Don't linger here. Let's go back quickly before Xu Zhongtian arrives..."

Before he could finish speaking, Gu Shijiu interrupted him, turning her gaze to the back: "They've already arrived."

"What?" Zhang Cheng subconsciously looked into the stairwell and sure enough, he saw a figure carrying an axe slowly walking over.

Zhang Cheng's expression changed: "Quickly, we can't let him see anyone."

After saying that, he opened the door behind him and dragged the eager Gu Shijiu and the ready-to-do Shi Qi into the room.

At the very top of the gate is a sign that reads "1688".

This is the real sixteenth floor that Zhang Cheng and his group have hidden.

"Why did you drag me in?" Gu Shijiu was a little dissatisfied; she had wanted to fight Xu Zhongtian.

Just as Zhang Cheng was about to speak, he heard the sound of a key being inserted into the lock outside; it was Xu Zhongtian opening the door.

Zhang Cheng then pulled Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi to hide on the balcony.

His hand gleamed faintly, indicating that he would step forward as soon as Xu Zhongtian opened the balcony door, allowing the others to run first.

The door was quickly opened, and Xu Zhongtian walked in with faltering steps.

There were rustling sounds coming from the room, but no one moved further; instead, they retreated.

The door slammed shut, followed by the sound of a key being inserted into the lock.

After repeated questioning, Gu Shijiu asked Shi Qi, "What are you doing?"

"It must be a continuous repetition of opening and closing the door." Shi Qi looked puzzled.

"His IQ is even lower than mine," Gu Shijiu muttered.

Zhang Cheng: Is this something to be proud of?

Shi Qi rubbed her chin: "Strange, doesn't Xu Zhongtian have the key?"

Zhang Cheng and Gu Shijiu neither understood: "What do you mean?"

"Didn't he just ask us if we'd seen his keys? He clearly had the keys in his hand."

Shi Qi peeked through the crack in the door and saw Xu Zhongtian still fiddling with it.

Gu Shijiu slapped her thigh: "That's right."

Zhang Cheng pondered for a moment: "Perhaps he wants a different key?"

"The key is for door 1688. If it's not this key, then which door does he want to open?" Shi Qi couldn't figure it out.

The murder in 1686 happened later; the only building in this complex connected to Xu Zhongtian was 1688.

Zhang Cheng couldn't explain it either.

The sounds outside gradually subsided, and the footsteps faded into the distance; Xu Zhongtian had already left.

The living room furnishings remained unchanged; judging from the dust marks on the floor, he had only paced a few steps near the door.

Zhang Cheng was overwhelmed with thoughts and didn't know where to begin. He thought he should go out first, but in the blink of an eye, he saw Gu Shijiu and Shi Qi rush into the master bedroom.

"What are you doing again?" He wanted to drag Gu Shijiu out.

Shi Qi stopped her, saying, "There's a saying: 'Since we're already here.' Since everyone who enters the sixteenth floor is disappearing, we're bound to suffer the same fate. We might as well investigate thoroughly."

That makes sense, but it seems like this is the job of a special incident handling team. Ordinary people would be asking for death if they got involved.

However, although these two people look alike, they are actually quite extraordinary.

Zhang Cheng didn't say anything more and followed him into the bedroom.

Gu Shijiu then reminded Shi Qi, "Aren't you a timid person?"

Shi Qi: I forgot...

I suddenly realized where my acting weakness lay: because I always played positive characters, it was difficult for me to express negative traits.

If there's a script and a director, it's fine, but once you enter a scene with maximum realism, you'll unconsciously start playing yourself.

He originally designed this character to grow from a timid newbie through experience, but now it seems that he grew up too fast.

It might also be related to Gu Shijiu's presence here.

Zhang Cheng clearly sensed that something was wrong, and Shi Qi was somewhat annoyed.

But then again, he quietly asked Gu Shijiu, "What's your personality like?"

“How should I know…” Gu Shijiu stared wide-eyed. “It wasn’t written in the script.”

The viewers in the live stream began to mock them in a good-natured way.

"It's clearly written where it's missing. A rich young lady dressed in designer clothes goes to explore a haunted house—does her personality even need to be described?"

"He definitely didn't understand it, hahaha."

"She's a regular viewer, and that's just her unrestrained acting style. 6187 is quite unique though."

"Yeah, if getting the audience's votes is enough to advance, why bother about the original character's personality?"

"I don't know, their performance style is different from what's popular now."