Chapter 94 Hopeless Sea (Twenty-Five) Yesterday - Yesterday
After the [Contract Signed] prompt appeared, Qisi put away the blade in his hand and reached out to pull Chang Xu who was lying on the ground.
Without pulling him up, he let go of his hand naturally, stood aside with his hands folded, and briefly stated the cause and effect of the incident.
“The three puppets are Hans, Ye Linsheng and Lu Li. After Hans died unexpectedly, I guessed that Lu Li was one of the puppets, so I went to confront him. In order not to be exposed by me in public, he Transfer the puppet silk from Ye Linsheng to me and mislead other players to doubt you."
Chang Xu climbed up on his elbows and questioned: "Why would Lu Li let others doubt me? What’s in it for him?”
"Not bad, he can analyze motives." Qiss praised, "The advantage of him doing this is that firstly, he gathered three puppets and completely got rid of his own suspicion; secondly, he probably kept you and me together On the island, you don’t have to compete with him for a survival spot.”
Chang Xu felt that this reason was far-fetched and unspeakably weird, so he couldn’t help but retort: “With Lu Li’s ability, it is completely impossible to exclude me. It requires such a complicated method.”
“So I guess he has a plan for you - he admitted this yesterday. But for some reason, he changed his mind and chose the NE customs clearance route. The ship is leaving." As Qisi spoke, he bent down and pulled Liu Yuhan up from the ground. This time he finally pulled her, regaining some of his confidence in his own strength.
After realizing it, Chang Xu also went to help Liu Yuhan and asked: "What plans does Lu Li have for me?"
Qisi snorted lightly: "I have to ask you. I All I know is that he has studied you thoroughly and has a clear and accurate understanding of your behavioral choices and thinking patterns. He even took your factors into consideration when he decided to attack me.”
Chang Xu's eyes became more doubtful.
Then I heard the young man say sarcastically: "So, what I hate most in my life are idiots who start live broadcasts. They not only harm themselves, but also deceive others."
Is this really what happened?
Chang Xu suddenly understood why Qisi put a knife on his neck and forced him to turn off the live broadcast.
The live broadcast function of Weird Game is a double-edged sword. Although it can make the massacre players throw a trap to a certain extent, it will also expose the trump cards of themselves and those around them.
He and many seniors held live broadcasts just to record as much as possible the mechanisms of each copy and assist the Bureau of Investigation in integrating intelligence and theories; but he didn't expect that he had only held two live broadcasts before he was targeted by Xila.
As expected, Xi La, who has been silent for so long, is making big moves...
Qisi doesn’t know what Chang Xu has in mind, but it depends on his expression. Then I knew that this dear friend believed that rhetoric.
He walked a few steps quickly and led the way: "Let's go into the altar together and have a look. If nothing else happens, we will pass TE soon."
Liu Yuhan said quietly Follow up and follow Qiss back to the white stone platform surrounded by huge fish bones.
Chang Xu was at the end and asked persistently: "Those ghosts will listen to your orders because you gave the statue to Yuna and made an exchange with her, right? Why can they take advantage of me when I have enough money?" Will you hurt me?”
“That’s right.” Qisi tapped his chin with his fingers, his voice pleasant, “Of course those ghosts can’t hurt you, they can only control you if you are mentally strong enough. You can lie on the ground for a night and get some sleep."
Then you will kill me, right?
Chang Xu added in his mind, and then asked: "There is a problem with timing. You have known this for a long time, right?"
"It's not too early. I only found out last night. ." Qisi answered patiently, "I didn't sleep all night, so I just counted the bells and found that the clock tower was really cutting corners, and the sleep time was shorter than the twelve hours we thought."
A picture flashed in Chang Xu's mind. It was the morning after entering the dungeon. He asked the young man for the specific time.
The young man moved the hands of the watch and told him with a smile that the time was "eight o'clock in the morning"...
Now that I think about it, the action of moving the hands was really suspicious.
"You lied to me." Chang Xu's voice was unconsciously filled with resentment, "You induced me to think that the clock tower chimes twelve times a day, corresponding to the twenty-four hours in real time..."
"No, I just made a mistake in my judgment at the beginning." Qisi raised his left wrist and pointed the watch towards Chang Xu. The second hand on it did not move at all. "The function of the destiny pocket watch is to 'mark objective time'. The one on the island Time probably belongs to the category of subjective time, so the pocket watch failed the moment I was on the island.”
He put his left hand back into his shirt pocket and continued: "My initial judgment was the same as yours. I thought that since it is clearly stated that 'the bell in the bell tower rings every two hours', the four times it rings will naturally correspond to eight o'clock in the morning. So I told you the conclusion directly. It turns out that I was wrong."
Chang Xu looked suspicious: "With your level, it is impossible to make such a low-level mistake."
Qisi smiled: "Brother Chang, you think highly of me. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. I am a human being, not a god."
What he said was sincere, but Chang Xu still had a sense of love for him. Feeling like you are being fooled.
Chis is a man who has the ability to tell lies as if they are true, and insist that the truth is the case with an innocent face.
You look at his expression and listen to his tone, and you have no idea which of what he said is true and which is false.
Chang Xu knew that he could not get the answer, so he had to return to the key point: "So, what is the correct time?"
"During the prescribed sleep time, the clock tower missed three times in total. They are eleven, one and three times, which translates into a twenty-four-hour clock, which means six hours less per day,” Ziss explained, “In other words, what you think is a whole day is actually only eighteen hours. ."
Chang Xu quickly made calculations in his mind.
The second diary said, "Start recording the time when you arrive on the island. There is a chance to leave the island every three days."
Lu Li proposed to leave the island tonight because he thought it was the third day.
But based on the fact that there are only eighteen hours in a day, now it is only the fifty-fourth hour, which is six more hours in two days.
We have to wait another day for seventy-two hours, the third day of the twenty-four-hour clock...
Chang Xu rubbed the back of his neck with his thumb and asked: "What if What will happen if you don't go to sea at the specified time? "
"Who knows? Maybe he will die." At some point, Qisi pulled Liu Yuhan back behind Chang Xu, "Brother Chang, are you worried? What? Who can be 100% sure that days are calculated according to the 24-hour system? Maybe I just overthink it and count it as one day when I open and close my eyes."
Chang Xu frowned and stated calmly: "But if the days are calculated according to the 24-hour clock, then they will all die if they go to sea early."
Qisi narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Ah, then they are really Unfortunately, I chose the wrong answer."
Chang Xu didn't understand and asked, "Why didn't you tell me if you knew there was something wrong with the time?"
"I originally planned to do it. "I said it at dinner, but it's a pity that Lu Li didn't give me this opportunity." Qisi lowered his eyes and sighed, "I don't want to die, and I don't have the consciousness to sacrifice myself for others. At this time, I have to leave a way out for myself."
"Brother Chang, do you think that after realizing that there are two possible timing methods, will they choose randomly and risk their lives to try and make mistakes; or will they pick a few unlucky people and try all the options first? ?”
The answer is naturally the latter.
Chang Xu knows that if the players know this information, they will most likely act more safely. He chooses four people to go to sea first to see the situation.
As for Zis, who is under control and has doubts, he must be among the experimental subjects.
“Don’t say that you are a pragmatist and think that the lives of those four people are more important than the three of us.” Zis joked and stopped in front of a stone tablet.
The altar is not as flat as you think when you look in from the outside. Only when you walk into the stone platform can you find that its interior is divided into two layers. A deep groove half a step wide encloses a circular area. , should belong to the core of the altar. The stone tablet stood crookedly on the edge of the deep ditch, with a sentence engraved in strange characters in the middle:
[The dead stop here]
This sentence is like a precept and motto, with a natural simplicity and weight that makes people involuntarily stop in front of it and bow their heads piously and solemnly.
Chang Xu raised his eyes and saw a tall, white statue standing in the center of the altar: three fish heads crowded together, revealing sharp and fine teeth; the joints of the fish heads were covered with fish scales. The human upper body has countless tentacles extending from the waist, extending in all directions, giving it a strange symmetrical beauty.
"Brother Chang, there should be a stone tablet in front of the statue with the way to pass the level. You go over and act according to its requirements. Remember to find a white scepter and bring it out." Chang Xu heard a voice coming from behind him. The unhurried voice of a young man comes.
A sense of dissonance was woven in the bottom of his heart. Chang Xu turned half of his body and looked directly into the young man's eyes: "Why don't you go?"
"People who know more information should always have some privileges, right? "?" It's still a familiar sound, but the weird feeling is getting stronger.
What clues were caught in his inspiration, Chang Xu's pupils shrank: "You can't go through, can you? 'The dead stop here', you are the 'dead', and the puppet master's puppet will be judged as the 'dead'... ..."
The answer was ready to come out, and he said firmly: "You are not Qiss."
"It seems that before the deep parasitism, my acting credibility is still not enough to support the layout needs." The young man changed his tone into a calm tone, and his dull pupils did not reflect the shadow of anyone.
He turned to face Chang Xu, but put his right hand on Liu Yuhan's shoulder beside him, and strangled the girl's neck with his pale fingers: "Then let me explain it in a way that your wisdom can understand. Chang Xu, you will use the Poseidon Scepter Bring it out to me, and I will let this little girl and your friend go."
Chang Xu's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he saw the young man's eyes clear for a moment, and he changed his tone: "I. I understand. It turns out that you controlled me to force Chang Xu to help you get that thing."
"I guess the so-called 'Poseidon Scepter' is a powerful prop that can be used immediately, so you did it. I don’t dare to trick anyone into entering the altar, but I have to plan something... Then have you ever thought that Chang Xu and I have only met twice, and we are not familiar with each other at all?"
"Moderate deviations are within the tolerance range? Even if you and Chang Xu don't know each other, it will have no impact on the outcome." The light in the young man's eyes disappeared, and the expression on his face became void.
He paused for a second and said in an analytical tone: "Chang Xu, you are an intuitive animal who pursues simple justice. For you, concrete human lives are more important than abstract props. One and you You can never give up on a teammate who shares the same hardships with an ignorant innocent person.”
The next second, the young man retorted: "In terms of pragmatism, giving powerful props to people like you may lead to more casualties, which is a big loss. But a fool may not think of this." On the other hand, it’s okay...”
What Chang Xu saw before his eyes was an extremely strange scene——
The expression of the originally handsome young man changed from one smile to another. Shengsheng looked ferocious and terrifying, muttering something quickly and quietly, just like a lunatic in a mental hospital immersed in his own world and talking to himself, but his right hand was stuck on the girl's neck from beginning to end, strangling her more and more. tight.
Danger, madness, insanity...all kinds of strange feelings combined with Liu Yuhan's face, which was as pale as a zombie due to suffocation, brewed an absurd feeling of being very close to death.
Are you being coerced by evil people and exchanging props for human lives, which may lead to greater consequences? Or are you giving up the lives of the two people in front of you in exchange for the safety of more people?
If they don't agree, Qisi and Liu Yuhan will definitely die; if they agree, there may be a way to remedy it in the future...
After two seconds of silence, Chang Xu made a decision, turned and walked towards the center of the altar: "You Let her go, I'll go in and get the Poseidon Scepter."
As Chang Xu's back disappeared behind the stone tablet, Qisi took control of his body again.
He sighed with a smile: "Does Lu Li know that you would give up his life just to put up a smoke screen that 'the influence of the puppet master has left'?"
Dark red thinking In the hall, two figures, one black and one red, stood facing each other in the surging mist.
"Lu Li", who appeared in a black robe, faced Qisi, but no one's shadow was reflected in his eyes: "He voluntarily became my puppet. He deceived all of you and induced you to lure Chang Xu." Come to the altar and die a worthy death.”
“That’s it—” Chiss, who was wearing a red suit, sneered, “I can see that you claim to be a wise man who can control people’s hearts.”
"Make intelligence preparations in advance and thoroughly study the mechanism of this copy; let three puppets enter the game to form a numerical advantage and turn the camp information into a bright card; the layout established on the basis of such a huge amount of information is only calculated It's really a good joke to hit a newcomer like me who has just become an official player."
"Lu Li" tilted his head and said as if he didn't understand: "Tiger and rabbit, try your best. The amount of information is also a parameter for calculating intelligence, isn't it? "[Note]
Chis smiled wildly: "That's true, but have you ever thought that you rely too much on the amount of information? Once there is an information gap, your layout will be full of loopholes and collapse at the first touch.”
"Lu Li" was silent for two seconds and adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses: "I understand, you are crazier than I thought. In order to know my plan, you would not hesitate to make a big gamble for a low success rate and risk your life... "
Qisi released his fingers from holding Liu Yuhan's throat, moved his right hand from the side of the girl's neck, and lowered it casually, raising the corners of his lips to almost reach his ears.
“Are you sure your puppet silk is wrapped around my little finger?”
The thick fog-filled palace of thought shook violently, and the fog sometimes gathered, sometimes collapsed, and became uneven. Uneven, just like the rough sea.
The young man in red seemed to have thought of some novel joke, hunched over and burst into laughter, until he burst into tears.
On the little finger of his right hand, the white and translucent bones flashed away.
[Name: Evil God Finger Bone]
[Type: Prop]
[Effect:...]
...
Far away from a distance that was too far away to be measured, in a dark cubic space, a man in a black suit opened his eyes.
He was sitting on a high-backed chair, holding an exquisitely carved identity card in his right hand. On the card was a figure in white robes who was nailed upside down to a black cross.
In front of him was a chessboard with intertwined black and white grids. On it were numerous strange statues of gods, large and small, including those of Poseidon, those with contracts, and many others whose names could not be named...
The man casually threw the chess piece that looked like the statue of Poseidon to the ground. The white porcelain fell into pieces after landing, and was quickly engulfed by black smoke steaming from the floor.
“Huidu can be classified into the first echelon, with strong randomness and unpredictability in behavior, and may take extremely high risks for uncertain benefits...”
"In order to ensure his victory, Qi did not hesitate to cheat, but he did not give him the [Scarlet Priest] card in the novice pool, and at the same time he was unable to directly draw him into the game..."
"The situation is becoming more and more confusing. ”
The man’s lips moved, and the lenses reflected the cold white light.
He picked up a chess piece carved into the image of red clothes and red eyes with two fingers, moved forward one square, and dropped it.
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[Note] Intelligence formula: Intelligence (Z) = number of participants (Y) * accumulated information (L) * wisdom (H)
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