Chapter 174 Drawing Lots
Chapter 174: Drawing Lots
I don’t know if it’s an illusion caused by psychological pressure, but everyone always feels that the sky here gets dark faster.
Just after ten o'clock, the whole street became quiet, and the staff in the department store were leaving get off work one after another.
Looking around, I could only see lonely street lights and unfinished buildings hidden in the night.
Because there are few people there, a lot of weeds have grown in places where there are no stone slabs, making this area even more quiet and lonely.
And... there wasn't even a sound around, not to mention the sound of people, not even the sound of cars.
Everyone was in a hurry and didn't seem to want to stay outside any longer.
"You can't live in such a depressing place for a long time..." Li Mu sighed in a low voice as he looked at the passers-by who were walking very fast.
Qi Nian clicked on her phone and looked at the time. This was the first time she spoke since they met.
"Who becomes a ghost first?"
Several people were a little silent, this was an unavoidable question.
Song Que's coins were beating rapidly on his fingertips. He glanced at the empty Crescent Department Store with the lights turned off, and said, "How to play this game? Is it a real search? Or is it a fake search? Everyone is a ghost. How long does it take to complete a round of the game? Don’t you think these issues need to be discussed? ”
Indeed...
After all, this is the first time for everyone to perform such a weird mission. In the past, Wuji has always sent everyone back to the past. The mission requirements are also very simple. Just survive. But this time, not only the mission location is in reality , and they were also asked to play some kind of hide-and-seek game.
After a while, Zhou Li said: "Let's draw lots."
He opened his palm, and inside were six pieces of paper written with numbers from one to six. Whoever drew the number one would become the ghost first.
Although this method is very simple, it has been unanimously agreed upon by everyone.
After all, the simpler the method, the less likely it is to cheat.
The seeds of doubt have been planted at this moment. This mission is fundamentally different from the past.
That's...antagonism.
Everyone will be a "ghost" once, and in the hide-and-seek game, hiders and seekers are in a naturally antagonistic relationship, which also means...this time there is no basis for cooperation at all.
Unless the trust between them has reached a level that transcends life and death.
But at present, judging from everyone's vigilant stance, this obviously does not exist.
Everyone took out a piece of paper from Zhou Li's palm, and Bai Yanliang also took one.
When I spread it out, I saw four.
A pretty good middle number, but the homophony makes people a little concerned.
"I'm the first one..." Zhou Li sighed, and the last piece of paper left in his palm had one written on it.
This is not a good thing. In this case, the farther back you are, the more experience you have.
After all, experience is the continuous accumulation of mistakes made, and the first person to be a "ghost" has no experience to follow at all. On the contrary, he is likely to become everyone's experience.
"It's me..."
Zhou Li felt a little uneasy in his heart. He didn't know why, but he felt uneasy since he came to Yecheng.
He remembered that when he was very young, his mother took him to have his fortune told.
The fortune teller at that time said that he was "a man with broken branches and a miserable life." Zhou Li didn't believe it, but now it seems that there is nothing wrong with him.
"I'm the second one." Yang Muwan's face didn't look good either. Apparently she also understood that being the "ghost" at the front was not a good thing. "I am third." Qi Nian unfolded the note and revealed the three words on it.
"Four." Bai Yan said concisely and concisely.
"Haha, I'm the fifth one!" Yuan Jie said happily. In his opinion, the first and last ghosts are the most dangerous, and the safest one should be the fifth one. When drawing lots, He had been secretly praying that he could draw five, but he didn't expect that he actually got it!
The last one, Song Que, threw away the note. It was obvious that he was in the last place, but judging from his expression, there seemed to be nothing unusual about him.
Next, everyone discussed how to play the game.
"Well, since the mission requires each of us to pretend to be a ghost once until six in the morning, and there are exactly six of us here, we can just pretend for an hour each. When the hour is up, we will go down to the first floor to exchange identities. , the second round of the game, what do you think?”
Zhou Li's proposal was very reasonable, so everyone agreed quickly.
"Then...should the ghost seriously look for everyone?" Yang Muwan's face has begun to turn pale. Her temperament is already weak, and she is even more sick at this moment.
Song Que chuckled and glanced at Yang Muwan: "Of course you have to search carefully. Since it is a game, the loser will naturally be punished. The person who is found will be punished, and the ghost who cannot find the hiding person will also be punished. Do you think the punishment will be What?”
Although Song Que's words were always harsh, they were often true.
Li Mu, who was considered an outsider at the moment, said: "Song Que is right. Once the time comes and the game starts, everyone should go their separate ways. We only have one life, and we can't afford to gamble."
Very realistic and very contradictory.
The other people watching the situation of the six people were also thoughtful.
In the past Wuji, although there were very few people willing to help, at least everyone was on the same rope.
But this time... the position of the person performing the task is completely different.
Not to mention help, under the rules of this damn game, if you don't want to be "punished", you have to try your best to hide yourself.
And if they all hide too well, the ghost will be "punished" again.
"You are right, Wuji has started to clean us up."
Gu Pingsheng came from out of town and stood aside to watch quietly. He had not spoken until then, and then he spoke quietly.
When Yu Wenxuan next to him heard this, he squinted his eyes and smiled: "Misfortune lies where blessings depend, and blessing lies where misfortune lies. Maybe, this is a good thing..."
At this time, the sky was getting darker and darker, and the time was approaching midnight.
"This time it is in reality. We will provide help as much as possible outside the building, but we will not take the initiative to call you. If you need help, you can make the call yourself." Li Mu said seriously, "Also , be sure to turn off the ringtone of your phone. There is something else in this building. Yuan Jie has seen it with his own eyes. I hope you... will not be found by it except by your companions. "
Six people nodded.
Zhou Li, who had agreed to be the first "ghost", took several deep breaths in succession before he could suppress the feeling of heart palpitations.
This is not in the fog, this is reality...
"Huh..."
Zhou Li glanced at the time and saw that it was still one minute away from midnight.
"Let's go."
He glanced at everyone and took the lead into the Crescent Department Store.
Bai Yanliang raised his head and glanced at the sky. There were not so many lights in the western suburbs, but there were still no stars. There was only a pale moon hanging behind the building.
(End of chapter)