In the room with the wolf's head hanging, Chang Xu almost waved the black "Dead Life" to leave an afterimage, and the sharp sickle harvested the snakes that flocked to him and Liu Yuhan.
The cold light and blood intertwined, and with each cut, more than a dozen snake heads fell to the ground. The incisions were neat, and the exposed muscle tissue squirmed unwillingly and became helplessly stiff.
Cold snake blood splashed onto Chang Xu's cheeks, making his pale face look horrifying. More blood seeped into the black clothes, showing no color and only making the fabric sticky.
Liu Yuhan sat in the back, holding a pen and writing furiously on [Notes on Strange Tales]. The ink lines gathered and separated after her pen, leaving two words in the end——
[Desire] and [Divine Blood].
If she realized something, she pulled out a dagger and slashed her arm. The dripping blood flowed down like the blood vessels of the earth and connected with her wrist.
As if attracted by the blood, all the snakes and rats turned around in an instant and pounced on the blood lines on the ground with utmost enthusiasm.
Liu Yuhan held her breath and kept silent, paying close attention to the movement on the ground.
I saw those snakes and rats turning to stone at a speed visible to the naked eye. The moment they were about to touch the pool of blood, they all turned into stone statues, remaining unable to move in the same posture as the previous second.
Successful, as expected...
Liu Yuhan took a breath and said very quickly: "I understand, in this copy, desire can turn living beings to stone like Medusa's eyes.
"Each of us is influenced by Sphinx. Kes inspired desire, and the countdown has begun. As time goes by, we will all be turned into stone statues under the influence of desire. ”
“We don’t have much time. "Chang Xu put away the sickle and lowered his eyes to look at his and Liu Yuhan's ankles.
A strange gray-white color smeared at the joints and slowly climbed up, as if a silver ring was wrapped around the ankles.
Chang Xu thought for a while and said: "I remember that there are no signs of petrification on the goats and those animals that are the audience. They should know how to suppress desires. ”
"It may also be because they are gods, and gods have no desires." Liu Yuhan shook her head, silent for two seconds, her eyes slightly focused, "No, there are doubts.
"Those rat people think we are gods. Explain the similarity between us and God. Why don’t other animals think so? "
......
"Maybe they have known for a long time that someone will become a god in the beast fighting game, but they no longer fear God. "
Qisi lay on the straw bed and said with a smile: "The evil god who promoted them to gods seems to have not appeared for a long time. If he was a true fanatical believer, he would have gone all over the world by now. They are looking for their gods, and they are not in the mood to play games with a bunch of humans here. ”
Nian Fu raised an objection: "The epic says that their holding of the beast-fighting game was inspired by God."
"Who is a serious person who believes in the epic." Qisi clicked his tongue, "Suppose I control a If a church that believes in a long-lost God suddenly wants to kill a few people for fun one day, then I will say to the congregation:
"'Our God sent an oracle to me, saying that He is about to sink. Sleep, only enough pain and death can wake Him up. ’
“Then the members can catch people to play with for me.”
Nian Fu: “…” Why are you so skilled!
It's already two o'clock in the morning, and there is still a tough battle to be fought tomorrow. I can't make any analysis out of thin air with the meager clues.
Qisi turned off the flashlight, and the room was once again filled with rich darkness.
The smell of dampness and rancidity filled the air, and his consciousness quickly became drowsy in this warm sense of fullness.
I had a dreamless night. When I opened my eyes again, the surroundings were already bright. I didn’t know where the light penetrated this airtight room.
Qisi woke up and raised his hand to look at his destiny pocket watch. The time was exactly eight o'clock in the morning.
The schedule arranged for players in this dungeon is also very regular, and there is no possibility of sleeping in.
Qisi sat up from the straw bed, bent down and silently tucked the legs of his suit trousers into his shoes to cover the flesh of his ankles.
He pondered for a moment and put the fox mask back into his backpack.
"The time is up, you can come on stage!"
The stone door was opened from the outside, and the goat stood at the door and urged with a high voice.
I don’t know if it’s due to the dungeon mechanism, but this sound is particularly inspiring. Even if a lazy person listens to it, hesitation and reason will be replaced by carnival emotions, and then there will be an urge to stand in the center of the stage.
Nian Fu stood up slowly and walked to the door. Qisi followed her half a step behind.
The goat seemed to have no intention of supervising the two people going out. When he saw the people moving, he turned and walked towards the next door.
Nian Fu stopped at the door and looked back at Qisi: "Today the beast fighting game officially begins, and the ban on 'players cannot hurt each other' will be lifted.
" I dare say that the moment the ban is lifted, Chang Xu will definitely lift his sickle and chop off your head, and then kill me as a complicit person. ”
Qisi said calmly: "If it is really feasible to do it directly, wouldn't it be simpler to throw everyone into a cage and kill until only the last one is left?
"With such a game mechanism , force-based players will have an absolute advantage, so why should nearly half of the intelligence-based players enter this game?
"Those animals regard beast fighting games as entertainment activities. It is always interesting to fight back and forth and it is difficult to determine the outcome. And..."
Chis paused very obviously. For a moment.
Nian Fu thought he had some profound insights and pricked up his ears, but saw the young man smiling sincerely: "I suddenly felt that regardless of the whereabouts of the body, being hacked to death wouldn't be too painful."
Nian Fu's face was expressionless: "...I can strangle you to death with a whip first, then cut it into small pieces and feed it to the mice tonight, you're welcome."
She knew in her heart that what Qisi just wanted to say was not that. In a sentence, but for some reason he changed his mind temporarily and used lies to prevaricate her.
She doesn't care about these details. As long as the goal can be achieved, the process is not important.
As for failing to achieve the goal... let’s talk about it, killing Qisi is quite convenient anyway
Qisi glanced at Nian Fu, smiled without saying a word, walked out of the door, and walked step by step Climb the marble stairs and stand on the high platform in the center of the Colosseum.
Nian Fu also followed him calmly.
The players are arriving one after another, and everyone’s ankles are wrapped with thick or light lime marks.
There is one less person than when we parted yesterday.
The middle-aged man named "Zhang Mo" was nowhere to be seen. Only his teammate Qin Mu stood alone, holding a cat-face mask in his arms.
Qin Mu looks like a little girl who has just entered society. She is weak and frail, with red eyes.
She looked at the players and said timidly: "Last night, many rat men with snake hair came into our room and wanted to eat Uncle Zhang and me.
"Uncle Zhang gave the mask to us at the last moment. Me and those rat people seemed to be afraid of masks. When they saw the mask in my hand, they stopped caring about me and turned to bite Uncle Zhang.
"Uncle Zhang... was eaten by them one by one."
After Qin Mu finished speaking, he sobbed softly.
The three columns of game coins, points and food on her chest show the numbers [6], [1100] and [0] respectively.
Apparently after Zhang Mo's death, Zhang Mo's assets were transferred to her as a teammate.
Fan Zhanwei looked at Qin Mu for two seconds and said, "Doubtful point one, why did Zhang Mo save you? Doubtful point two, why are you sure that the mask can repel the rat men?" "Uncle Zhang said... I look like him The deceased daughter." Qin Mu said softly, slowly putting the cat mask on his face, "Uncle Zhang guessed that the rat people were afraid of the mask. He said rats were afraid of cats."
Qin Mu raised her head, and the fluffy cat face seemed to grow on her neck, without any sense of disobedience.
Her figure also shrunk in front of the players. Her originally slender limbs gradually shortened and became round and small, covered with a layer of soft black hair.
The fingers are bent into claws, the back is slightly arched, and the black tail is raised from behind, just like a black cat!
The black cat squatted on the ground for ten seconds before Qin Mu took off his mask and returned to human form again, lowering his head and saying nothing.
When you put on a mask, will you turn into the corresponding animal? Or does it just look like that animal to others?
Chu Xun looked down at the scratches on his arms and thought: "Last night we discovered that those rat men would quickly petrify after seeing blood.
"If they really If it bites the player, it will definitely bleed, and then turn into a stone statue, which can no longer cause harm to the player.
"So, how do they eat a person alive?"
"I don't know..." Qin Mu sobbed and shook his head, "I don't know what happened, but they still eat "Uncle Zhang..."
Her confusion does not seem to be fake. No one with normal intelligence would come up with such a illogical statement. This is 80% not made up, but true.
The players asked no more questions, and many of them made a firm judgment -
This copy has a lot to do with Beast Fighting Chess, and humans are at the bottom of the food chain. .
The goat walked up to the high platform in time and said in an excited tone: "Another person was eliminated today. Congratulations to each of you for getting a piece of food. You all tasted the food yesterday, and I believe you are satisfied with the food. < br>
“But I’m afraid I have to announce an urgent news: Today and from now on, you will need at least two servings of food every day to maintain basic survival. ”
His tone was full of schadenfreude, and he made no secret of his malice towards the players. He seemed to be eager to see the players kill each other in order to survive.
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and the two of them After a second of silence, Dong Xiwen raised his hand and asked: "Can I ask if there is any way to get food? Doesn't someone have to die? "
The goat snapped his fingers, and the circular plane of the high platform quickly expanded to all sides. The players standing on the edge spread out according to the team as the ground they stood on moved. Six teams happened to stand on On the six equal points of the circular cone
Thin golden lines criss-crossed the blank surface, cutting out checkerboards one square meter in size.
"Next, I will announce the rules of the beast fighting game!" The goat stood in the center of the chessboard and said loudly, "Each team must choose one person to wear a mask, transform into the corresponding animal, and be randomly dropped into the On the chessboard.
"The animals from strongest to weakest are lions, tigers, leopards, wolves, foxes, and cats. They can move forward, backward, left, and right one square at a time. When two animals encounter each other, the stronger one can eat the weaker one.
"As for how to obtain the number of actions..."
The goat looked up at the sky.
A transparent tower is suspended above the chessboard, and each floor is visible to the naked eye. It is a different scene, with flowing and gorgeous colors rolling around, and various creatures of indistinguishable races flying around. At first glance, it just feels weird and noisy.
The goat pointed at the tower and said: "Another person in the team can consume game coins and randomly enter various mini-games in the tower. After completing the level, you can choose to obtain the number of actions, points or food.
“If there is only one person left in the team, it might be a little harder. You need to enter the mini-game to get the number of actions, and you also need to return to the chessboard to decide what move to take next. "
Fan Zhanwei asked: "Can the game currency be transferred? "
"No. "Goat said, "Game currency, points and food are each person's unique resources. Only after one person dies can they be automatically transferred to teammates. ”
Fan Zhanwei asked again: "After two animals encounter, will the whole team of the animals that are eaten be destroyed?"
The goat replied: "Only the person standing on the chessboard will die."
"What to do with that person's points and game coins?"
"I said, transfer them to his teammates." Goat waved his hand impatiently, "I'll give you a little tip, the daily beast fighting game It only lasts for eight hours. You must seize the time to clear more mini-games in order to obtain more resources accordingly.
"Okay, it's almost done. You have five minutes to discuss countermeasures. Under the watchful eye of the gods, your communications will not be heard by other teams. ”
As soon as he finished speaking, six black cubes appeared out of thin air above his head, and they were buckled down without explanation, covering each team respectively.
The world suddenly fell into silence and darkness. It seemed that this so-called "god's gaze" not only blocked sound but also blocked light.
A five-minute countdown appears on the system interface, and there is not enough time.
Nian Fu lit a match and looked at Qisi through the light: "What do you think about the rules of the game? Who among us will be on the chessboard and who will enter the game?"
"You get on the chessboard, and I'll get into the game." Zis raised his eyelids and looked at the black above his head, "If nothing else happens, the moment this black box disappears, the beast-fighting game will officially begin.
"You also know that once the game starts and the prohibition on killing is lifted, Chang Xu will definitely kill me with a sickle as soon as possible. I think it is safer for me to hide in the game."
"You are not Are you saying you're not afraid of death?" Nian Fu mocked, "It's a good idea for you to hide in the game and leave me outside to bear the risk of death."
"Chang Xu won't do it until I die. If I kill you, I will try my best to keep you alive." Qisi said in a calm voice, "After all, if I inherited your inheritance and stayed in the game with six game coins, it would be very troublesome for him to kill me.
"On the contrary, if I stay outside, he can easily kill me, and when you come out of the game, it will be easy to kill you. The outcome will inevitably be that the two of us die together.
“In comparison, my overall benefit from playing the game is higher.”
That's the truth.
Nian Fu's eyes were filled with resentment: "But have you ever thought about it, we are 'foxes', and unless we encounter cats on the chessboard, everyone we encounter will die..."
" Well..." Qisi touched his chin, "Do you have any concealment items or skills? Shrinking ones are also fine...
"None of them? Well, there is always a way to reduce the sense of presence, right? ”
……
On the other side, Chang Xu stared in the direction of Qisi from beginning to end, holding the long handle of the black sickle tightly in his right hand.
【The beast fighting game officially begins! 】
The infectious announcement sounded throughout the audience, signaling the end of the five-minute countdown.
The moment the black cube disappeared, Chang Xu immediately activated the effect of [Death].
Two teleportations, he turned into a black afterimage, and when he settled down again, he appeared in front of Qiss ten meters away.
He raised the scythe in his hand high and slashed it at Qiss's neck.
However, Qiss was already prepared. The cursed pendulum flew out from the cuff of his sleeve and missed the side of the knife by two centimeters.
With such a delay, the blade fell and missed the real thing.
The scarlet beam of light flew towards the tower, lingered on the ninth floor, and suddenly condensed into a red figure, with Qiss's face vaguely visible.
On the spot outside the tower, Qisi’s figure has long since disappeared.
At the same time, everyone heard and saw the system prompt:
[Player Qisi consumed 1 game currency and entered the test site No. 9]
[Other players please enter as soon as possible] (End of this chapter)