Lin Chen had never seen such a tiger before.
The two-story-tall behemoth walks slowly through the bamboo forest with its head raised. The sharp-edged texture of rocks is clustered into the shape of a tiger in common sense, but the hair on the surface grows wantonly like needle tips, glowing with color. Holy golden light.
The patterns on the hair have faded under the polish of time, and there are many damages all over the body, revealing the stark white bones under the skin, but this does not reduce its majesty in the slightest, but makes it even more terrifying.
It walked towards the players step by step, and the dense bamboo forest retreated to both sides, making way for a path large enough for it to pass.
Even the mist huddled in the corner, fearing to touch its body at all.
The ferocious tiger demon stopped in front of the players, slowly lowered its head three people wide, and proudly looked down at the four people below.
There are two green flames on the towering cheekbones, forming huge tiger eyes. The breath exhaled from the nose affects the wind in the mountains, scratching the skin and flesh of the players, causing a faint sting.
It was no longer just a ferocious animal, but more like a tool to carry out divine punishment, or a natural disaster born of the wrath of nature.
The power of the mountains and forests is condensed into the most terrifying creatures in the mountains. Individuals are like earthworms shaking trees in front of them, unable to compete or touch.
At this moment, everyone truly understood the meaning of the word "mountain god".
Calling the tiger demon a mountain god is not a respectful term, but an objective description.
With his feet dominating the entire mountain forest, his belly full of bones and flesh, and his back steaming with thousands of undead souls, such a being lives in this hill, so he is a god.
As soon as the players saw the tiger demon, they stopped thinking about dealing with the tiger demon. Their instinct of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages told them that escape was the only option to save their lives.
“Run!” Someone shouted. Someone quickly grabbed Lin Chen’s sleeve, turned around and ran along the way he came.
Lin Chen was pulled to stagger, as if waking up from a dream, he raised his feet to run, but found that he could not move.
The person who pulled him was Tang Yu. When he saw that he was not moving, he shouted angrily: "Run! What are you still doing? Are you feeding the tiger?"
Lin Chen tried to lift his feet again, but the result was still the same. Unable to take action.
He raised his eyes to look above his head and saw the bloody vine shadow hanging from the sky, crossing the barrier of the body and burying deeply into his soul. In the process of transmission, his thoughts were swallowed up by invisible things, and finally disappeared. can be transformed into action.
What is this? What mechanism was triggered? There are no clues mentioned...
Lin Chen's heart felt cold, and he said to Tang Yu as calmly as possible: "Brother Tang, I might not be able to leave. Look at the top of my head..."
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"Shit! Nothing!" Tang Yu cursed, ignored Lin Chen, and ran away.
In the final analysis, life is your own. In times of crisis, no one has the obligation to take risks and help others.
Except for being dragged out a few meters by Tang Yu, Lin Chen never moved again.
As the tiger approached step by step, he calmed down and carefully looked at the bloody vines that entangled him.
The appearance is similar to the World Tree in Sunset Ruins and cannot be seen by Tang Yu. The effect is similar to "puppet silk", which directly affects the soul...
Could it be...
Lin Chen was startled by his own thoughts and looked in the direction of Qis with wide eyes.
The latter, dressed in red like a ghost, stood quietly in the depths of the white mist, his face and figure blurred, like a dream that was blown away.
To be so calm and calm, so strategizing, and the nonchalant attitude is the best evidence.
It is a soul contract...
Chiss activated the effect of the soul contract to prevent him from leaving...
Chiss wanted him to die...
But... why?
Countless thought bubbles flew and exploded in his mind, and Lin Chen's brain was only blank after the chaos.
He suddenly remembered a sentence he had heard before——
"If you encounter a bear in the forest, you just have to make sure you run faster than your teammates."
So, did Zeiss want him to be the scapegoat?
"Brother Qi..."
Lin Chen called out in his heart, but ultimately did not continue.
Chis’s words echoed in his ears: ‘No one can be trusted by you, including me. ’
Is this what this sentence actually means? But which ones are true and which ones are false?
Lin Chen didn’t want to believe that the young man who patiently analyzed clues for him in Rose Manor and lent him weapons and props would deliberately harm his life.
But the fact is right in front of us. Did Qiss become alienated in the copies again and again, or did he never know the real Qiss?
Lin Chen laughed at himself.
In the final analysis, his life was given to him by Qiss, and there is nothing to be dissatisfied about returning his life to others now.
It's just a pity that he can't provide for his parents until the end of his life.
There are still some points left in the account. I wonder if I can exchange them for something at the last moment of my life and leave them to my parents.
But forget it, getting involved in weird games won’t bring any good results.
In the last half hour of your life, it’s too late to rush home. Call your parents first, and then find a place to die quietly where it won’t affect anyone...
Lin Chen After thinking about his funeral for a second, he closed his eyes with a wry smile.
Under the hood, the fishy smell emanating from the tiger's mouth was felt, a severe pain that was like tearing a spirit body to pieces ran across his neck. It was probably because the tiger had bitten off his head.
Lin Chen closed his eyes, waiting for the final arrival of death.
The light gray system interface quietly emerged in the darkness, with large and small blood droplets seeping out from the edges, squirming and converging in one place.
[Your camp has changed]
The silver-white prompt text slowly appeared, and the blood drops condensed into exquisitely carved cards, hanging in the upper right corner of the field of vision.
On the card, a skeleton in bloody clothes grinned ferociously at Lin Chen, with two green flames in his eyes dancing with playful light.
[Your identity: Ghost]
[Identity effect: ① When you are in the same room with a single person and the distance is no more than three meters, you can choose to kill him or her;
② At any place, you can kill someone by directly touching their shoulder;
③ You must kill one person every day, otherwise your soul will be scattered and turned into hope. Yi;
④ If you accidentally kill a player from the same camp as the 'Ghost', you will be wiped out by the mountain god. 】
Silver debris overflowed from the bottom of the line that originally said the main task, and new words were reorganized in two seconds:
[The main task has been updated]
[ Main mission ②: Eliminate all humans among players】
Lin Chen opened his eyes and saw that the tigers and bloody vines had disappeared, leaving only broken bones and bloody remains in the bamboo forest. corpse.
What's going on? Isn't he dead?
No, he is dead. He just became a ghost and can still participate in the game.
Moreover, in addition to the original main task of killing tigers, he had another task of eliminating humans... Bamboo leaves were fluttering, and a few fell lightly on Lin Chen's shoulders.
Lin Chen squatted on the ground without any strength, staring at a place in front of him in confusion.
Qisi walked to him silently, bent down slightly, and brushed the bamboo leaves off his shoulders: "What are you afraid of? I said, I will definitely let you live."
See Lin Chen didn't respond. He sighed and said in a joking tone: "Look, you don't believe me this time."
Lin Chen raised his head and looked at the young man in red, who seemed to have no idea at all. Realizing how bad his behavior was, he said matter-of-factly: "Now that we are all scoundrels, I can tell you all the follow-up plans."
"But looking at your current state, you should not be in the mood to think. Question, let's talk about it after you calm down. ”
There is no emotion, no pity, it seems that they are just executing the planned plan accurately, and everyone is just a pawn that can be calculated.
Lin Chen felt inexplicably frightened, as if he was living among the rodents of an inhuman creature, and his whole body felt cold.
He still had some illusions and said nonchalantly: "Brother Qi, were you transformed into a ghost later? I remember yesterday we deduced that the enemy was a ghost. Find out the ghost. The side mission is completed..."
"Well..." Qisi smiled, "Do you still remember that time when I patted your shoulder?"
"Remember? , you said there were leaves on my shoulders."
"Well, at that moment you were frightened, and doubts about me flashed in your heart, and it happened to be captured by the weird game. Therefore, the side mission was judged to be completed. " Qisi said with a smile, "As for that piece of bamboo leaf, I picked it randomly in the bamboo forest before. Thanks to its barrier, I didn't beat you to death. "
Lin Chen squatted with his knees in his arms and was speechless for a long time.
He suddenly realized that Qisi had been planning it from the beginning, including his outing last night and his return to the team with hatred this morning. They were all part of the plan.
The man in the game is him, reasoning at a loss in the absence of information, and being influenced by a few words.
I'm afraid Qisi has already thought about it, to gather the players in front of the tiger's den and transform him into a ghost...
"Why?" Lin Chen clenched his fists and murmured asked.
Why did you use such radical means to turn him into a ghost without consulting him at all? Why do you want to plot against him like this?
"The reason...you should have seen the main mission, right?" Qisi touched his chin and answered patiently, "The mission of the ghost camp is to eliminate all humans among the players. I think, Transforming humans into ghosts should also be a kind of 'elimination'
"The next step is a classic game problem: everyone must choose one between red and blue, if more than half of them. If people choose blue, then everyone will survive; if less than half of the people choose blue, then those who choose red will survive, and those who choose blue will die.
“Many people think this is a psychological question that tests three perspectives, but it is not. As long as everyone is a rational person, then the outcome will inevitably lead to the survival of all members - can you understand?”
Lin Chen is not stupid, he figured out the logic in one second: "As long as everyone chooses red, then everyone will survive. Correspondingly, as long as everyone becomes a ghost, then everyone will survive Survive..."
He was silent for two seconds and then asked in a seductive voice: "But Brother Qi, why didn't you tell us earlier? This plan is obviously beneficial to all of us. If you tell us directly, we will definitely cooperate..."
Hearing this, Qisi smiled coldly: "I remember I told you on the first day, I can't trust you, nor can I trust anyone.
"The 'Ghost' camp is located in the entire The hostile side of Yanghua Town has a very low error tolerance. Once the identity of the townspeople is known, even I can't guarantee that I can escape unscathed.
“I also said the next day that I suspected that the invisible and intangible Xiyi were not as unable to see and hear our behavior and speech as they claimed to be. I did not dare to confess my identity, and then The risk of being tipped off by them
“Taking a step back, even if the information will not be leaked, I can’t guarantee that everyone will agree with my plan. For players in the 'human' camp, no one can guarantee that they will become a ghost after dying once, instead of being completely wiped out. Since you can wait and see what happens, who would be willing to gamble?
"Considering these points, if I announce my plan in public, there is a high probability that I will be caught by the townspeople in the next second. Therefore, I have no choice but to do it myself."
These words are not unreasonable and rational. It is indeed in the interests of the group, but emotionally, Lin Chen still finds it difficult to accept it.
Are you feeling sad because you feel you are not trusted?
Or are you feeling disillusioned because you find that Zeiss is not as beautiful as you imagined?
Lin Chen couldn’t understand.
He was silent for a long time and asked in a low voice: "So, Brother Qi wants me to risk becoming a ghost, right?"
Reason told him that the result was good, and there is no room for too much pretentiousness in the copy. ; But he was uncontrollably overwhelmed by a strong weariness and exhaustion...
"What are you thinking about?"
In the long silence, Qisi grabbed Lin Chen's hand and couldn't help but say He picked him up from the ground.
"I'm not asking you to take risks." The young man took back his hand and said in a serious tone, "If something goes wrong with you, I will activate the time-rewind effect of the destiny pocket watch. You will not die."
He paused and said with a smile: "I'm afraid if Tang Yu was there, I wouldn't be willing to spend the props to save him. This is undoubtedly very uneconomical, isn't it?"
A very inappropriate joke.
Lin Chen did not smile and asked: "If it turns out that humans cannot be transformed into ghosts and we are in different camps, will you kill me?"
Qisi shook his head and nodded: "If I still have hope of winning, then I will do my best to survive. If I am destined to lose, then I hope you can survive.
"Anyway, after clearing the final copy, maybe you can Make a wish to bring all the dead back to life - this is what the Kyushu Guild promotes, isn't it? ”
He said sarcastically, stopped paying attention to Lin Chen, and walked out of the bamboo forest with messy footprints.
It’s best if Lin Chen can figure it out. It’s okay if he can’t figure it out. His soul has been mortgaged through the contract, and the extra freedom is just a charity from the creditor.
As long as he is still alive and his camp is the Mage, it will be fine if he can be counted as a leader; in the next few days, step by step can ensure the clearance of the level to the maximum extent.
Lin Chen couldn't help but froze in place when he saw Qisi leaving without looking back.
‘Huh? Why don't you explain a few more words? Is it possible that there is really nothing wrong with what he did and that I am too sensitive and naive? ’
Lin Chen doubted life for a second, and suddenly realized that in the copy of the weird game, too much entanglement would only cause internal friction.
Being alive is the first priority. Does the process really matter?
In the end, his life was saved by Qiss. Even if Qiss really asked him to die, he had nothing to complain about.
What's more, since he was in a different camp, Qisi not only did not intend to kill him, but instead tried his best to find a way for him to change his camp, which was an act of kindness and justice.
He still has too many unrealistic fantasies, so much so that he feels inexplicably unhappy because of his insatiable greed...
Lin Chen reluctantly convinced himself and quickly followed Qisi, half a step behind.
He opened his mouth to say something, but no sound came out.
As Qisi listened to the approaching footsteps, he knew that Lin Chen was not untying the knot in his heart. He was just deceiving himself and letting go of his grudge for the time being out of consideration for the overall situation of the dungeon.
He remained calm, raised his hands to push aside the bamboo leaves covering both sides, and continued to move forward step by step.
After walking a few steps, the road in front of us opened up.
A scholar in Tsing Yi stands outside the bamboo forest, acting as an anchor and landmark.
Tang Yu was held by Qiu Xin's neck and stood next to the scholar with a look of despair on his face.
——This is also part of the plan, and the hatred is executed perfectly.
Qisi walked over with a smile and patted the scholar on the shoulder.
The scholar fell down with a thud, leaving behind a waxy scarecrow.
Qisi lowered his hand, turned to Tang Yu and bared his sinister white teeth: "Now, you are the only 'human' here." (End of Chapter)