In the high tower, Liu Yuhan held her bleeding wound, held on to the slippery wall, and walked down the steps step by step.
She attached the [Netherworld Guide] left by Qisi to her abdomen, thereby temporarily transforming herself into a ghost state and stopping the flow of life force.
The bell tower seemed to be buried thousands of meters under the sea. She walked for two full hours and still could not see the end.
On the contrary, the aperture above the head is getting further and further away, and gradually only a small dot like the eye of a needle is left, as if the hope is getting slimmer and slimmer, making people uncontrollably feel uneasy.
Liu Yuhan remembered the time trick in the copy of "Hopeless Sea", but she could not find sufficient evidence to prove that this was the solution to this level.
She doesn't like guessing questions and only believes in deductions with clear steps and strict logic. The puzzle she encountered this time undoubtedly lacked key information.
She was also unable to ask for clues related to [Ghost Story Notes] in time.
Just yesterday, she had activated the note effect once to deduce the "method of killing Zeiss".
Up to this moment, the result still has not come out, there are only all kinds of messy lines running around on the page.
The computing power of [Gaitan Notes] is occupied, and she can only use it as an ordinary notebook to make drafts...
"If there is really a problem with time, and the mechanism of the copy of "Hopeless Sea" is strictly used, then the real time of three hours corresponds to the four hours on the clock. The next time you must stay is not on the hour..."
Liu Yuhan was doing calculations quickly. When she turned the corner, she suddenly looked up and saw the hour hand on the clock slowly moving towards the Roman numeral twelve.
If other circumstances are not considered, to be on the safe side, she should stay for five minutes at twelve o'clock before moving on.
But judging from the situation in the past few hours, such a cautious approach will undoubtedly not allow her to truly pass the level.
She is losing blood continuously. If she does not clear the level in time, what awaits her will only be chronic death.
A destined way of death and a dangerous way of survival, there is no suspense about which one to choose.
"Then let's take a gamble."
The faces of Zhang Hongfeng and Tang Yu flashed before Liu Yuhan's eyes, as well as countless people who were familiar with her but died in the strange game copy. Player's face.
So many people died on the road fighting the strange game because of one wrong step. The corpses on both sides were piled up like mountains. Why couldn't one of them be hers?
At twelve o'clock, Liu Yuhan took a step forward.
Immediately afterwards, the dark tones in the field of vision were blown away by the sea breeze like sand, and the dusky sky and azure sea formed a new picture.
The wounds in the dream will not be brought to reality. The pain is extracted in an instant, and the remaining phantom pain gradually dissipates.
Liu Yuhan found that her blue dress was spotless, with no holes or wounds, not to mention the blood that had soaked her body before.
She stood on the deck, in front of the dark slate with reward options written on it. The silver-white handwriting faithfully presented three categories of rewards:
[One Action Point]
[Five hundred points]
[Two servings of food]
Liu Yuhan was not in a hurry to make a choice, but carefully studied his system interface.
Looking at the upper left corner, there is only one hour left for the countdown to the end of the beast fighting game.
It is said that dreams do not occupy the real world, but this does not seem to be the case for her.
There are multiple timelines involved in her body. [Strange Notes] is always taking time to calculate. Qiss, who controls [Poseidon Scepter], left the copy early and returned to the normal flow of time.
With multiple paradoxes unable to anchor a specific point in time, the strange game copy simply and rudely determined that she had exhausted the three-hour time limit for this level, and sent her to the starting point of the last hour. .
Liu Yuhan didn’t feel too dissatisfied. It was a blessing to be able to survive the level. What else is there to hope for?
What's more, after clearing a level, she has already accumulated the minimum points required.
Liu Yuhan pressed her hand on the [five hundred points] option, and the team's total points were successfully converted into three thousand.
At the same time, the ghost story notes in her arms were slightly hot. She turned to the latest page and saw the answer to the previously deduced question:
[If you want to kill Zeiss, you can only make a wish to the Sphinx]
......
On the other side, Chang Xu traced the bloodstains on the ground and finally reached the underground courtyard at the end of the corridor with half an hour left before the end of the beast fighting game.
The rat men with snake bodies and snake hair were crowded in the courtyard, making the originally open space look cramped and cramped.
Circles of Rat Men gathered somewhere in the center of the courtyard like believers listening to a missionary, forming a sea of people in layers. It was impossible to judge the situation inside from the outside.
Chang Xu knew that Nian Fu and Qisi were inside.
Looking at the postures of these rat men, those two people were most likely not the targets of attack and pursuit. On the contrary, they were protected and supported by the rat men through unknown means.
Chang Xu has experienced three copies of "Rose Manor", "Hopeless Sea" and "Red Maple Leaf Boarding School", and knows that although Qisi's strength on paper is not outstanding, he has the ability to transform from seemingly ordinary to ordinary. Find out the key details in the copy mechanism and play tricks.
Now he may have noticed information that others have not noticed, and he has taken a step further on the route of TE clearance, borrowing the "power" of the copy itself.
The previous knife almost cut Qisi in half, but when he turned around, he saw that the latter was still alive and kicking. The scene of the damned person coming back to life was strange enough, and Chang Xu was already suspicious.
Now seeing the rat people in this pilgrimage posture, he felt even more suspicious, and suddenly had a strong and bad premonition——
He might kill him in a short time Not Chiss.
But so what if I can’t kill him? Someone has to do something.
Chang Xu lowered the brim of his hat, trying not to attract the attention of any NPC, and silently approached the edge of the rat group.
The rat people seemed to be paying attention to the center of the courtyard, but the countless poisonous snakes with their lower bodies hanging down were restlessly twisting their necks and looking around.
Chang Xu had only taken a few steps when his whereabouts were locked by several snakeheads.
Those snake heads spit out bright red snakes and scream angrily, which is like a gathering signal. Soon, all the snake heads turned around and stared at Chang Xu coldly.
Chang Xu clearly remembered the method of breaking the game that he had verified last night. He turned the edge of the sickle and lightly swiped his arm, spilling the blood on the ground.
The imagined scene of hordes of rat men turning to stone did not appear. On the contrary, the already red eyes of those poisonous snakes became more bloodthirsty.
The huge rat head followed the snake head and turned to Chang Xu in unison, its scarlet eyes showing the desire for blood and the desire to kill.
It stands to reason that if desires are stimulated to such a high level, they should have turned into stone statues under the influence of the curse...
What went wrong?
Chang Xu couldn’t understand, but he knew that all this was related to Qisi.
Chiss must have done something to lift the curse on these monsters, so they are no longer restrained by blood, and they respect Zess who saved them as gods...
That guy who acted without scruples didn't consider the consequences of eliminating the Ratman's weakness at all. I'm afraid in his world view, if he couldn't survive, having all the other players bury him with him would be considered a happy ending...
< br>Chang Xu pursed his lips and held his life in front of him. At the same time, he stepped back step by step, looking for terrain that could be used.
Unfortunately, the rat people did not intend to give him a chance to break the situation.
Countless rat men turned around at the same time and pressed towards Chang Xu step by step. The lower limbs made of red poisonous snakes overflowed in the corridor like a tide. In just a few seconds, they dragged the huge body to form an encirclement, trapping Chang Xu within it.
If there is only one monster, Chang Xu, who has weapons, can easily kill it; even if there are ten, Chang Xu can defeat them one by one.
But there were hundreds of rat men gathered in the courtyard.
“It’s him! It’s him!”
“He is the devil who brought death to God, an evil believer...”
“Kill him! Kill him! ”
The rat people shouted loudly, and rushed towards Chang Xu with the madness and bloodthirsty desire of believers.
Chang Xu quickly swung to kill the rat man who was about to touch him.
The rat man was split in half, warm blood sprayed on his face, and his intestines and organs flowed out, briefly blocking his vision.
More ratmen took the opportunity to swarm forward, stepping on the corpses of their companions and biting the evil people in the oracle...
One after another.
...
In the Colosseum surrounded by spectators, the players stood absentmindedly on the chessboard, waiting for the results in boredom.
Before, Chang Xu's sickle hit Qisi. They all thought that the main mission was about to be completed and they were about to clear the dungeon. But when they turned around, they found that Qisi was not dead at all.
Chang Xu followed Qisi and Nian Fu into the underground, but after careful consideration, they did not follow and join in the fun.
First of all, with the goat watching from the side, Qisi and Nianfu had no choice but to leave. Chang Xu had a lack of brains. They were not forced to do anything, so there was no need to risk the goat's misfortune.
Secondly, many of them didn't want Qisi to die too soon, and were hoping to save points for a while to realize their wish. If they didn't stab Chang Xu in the back, it would be an act of kindness.
It’s best if Chang Xu can kill Qisi, they can easily clear the level and receive rewards; it’s also good if Chang Xu can’t kill Qisi, they can negotiate a deal with the Sphinx.
This dungeon is like this. Chang Xu only needs to hunt down Qisi, and the players have a lot to consider.
Not only must they calculate their respective points and speculate on the strength of each opponent, but they must also think about how to obtain the greatest benefit for themselves.
The goat stood aside and watched the passive players, surprisingly not saying much.
Ever since Qisi came out of the tower, fought with Chang Xu and left on a tiger, the audience's attention was no longer on the game.
How can turn-based beast fighting be as interesting as a life-and-death duel with real swords and guns?
The sudden chase is so exciting!
The goat was considerate and did not take Chang Xu and Qisi back to the venue, but snapped his fingers.
Two TV screen-like stone slabs immediately appeared in the void.
One screen showed Chang Xu's perspective, as if there was a camera following him and filming continuously; the other screen was pitch black.
The goat said "Hey" and said to himself: "Is there something wrong? Why can't I see the picture of the new friend? Is he dead?"
The audience booed, and the goat quickly snapped his fingers again.
A new screen appears, showing Nian Fu's perspective.
Players and the audience used Nian Fu's eyes and ears to see and hear Qis' actions and words.
In the corridor, Qisi smiled and said to Nian Fu: "I have been dead a long time ago."
In the courtyard, Qisi wiped his blood on the foreheads of the rat men, causing them to move from the stone statues. The state is reborn.
Later, Qisi lost his voice in a pool of blood, and the rat man told Nian Fu piously: "The gods said to keep his body, and he will be resurrected in the future."
This. There are not many intelligent players left in the Colosseum right now, and all the intelligent players have gone into the Glazed Tower to clear the level.
The martial players looked at the picture presented on the stone slab and looked at each other.
What does "long dead" mean? They were all dead, how could they come back to life?
Also, what is the operation of smearing one's own blood on the rat man's body, and finally dying of all the blood?
“I may have some understanding.” Lenaan cleared his throat to attract everyone’s attention, and smiled shyly, “I heard that some players may use prop reserves when facing a certain death situation. Or the dungeon mechanism allows you to transform into a ghost and continue to participate in the game. This may be the case for Qi.
“Ghosts are difficult to kill. For example, there is a kind of ghost called [Undead]. Draining all the blood will only cause it to enter a dormant state without actually dying. I suspect Qi is this kind of ghost.
“He couldn’t heal himself, so he generously distributed his blood to those ratmen, which was the last resort for his teammates to make a comeback. As for ‘resurrection’, I don’t know of any props that can do this. A little.”
"How do you know so much? Who knows whether what you said is true or false?" Lin Ye stared at Lenaan suspiciously, "You are obviously on the same team as Qisi's accomplice..."
Lei Na'an Na'an spread his hands: "Lin, you don't know something. Dong was actually coerced by Qi and had to obey his orders. Now that Qi is dead, we no longer need to be tied to him."
Green frowned as he thought of something: "Lenaian, if it's really what you said, then we won't be able to kill Qiss no matter what, and we won't be able to complete the main mission?"
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe the Sphinx's wish-fulfilling mechanism has a higher priority." Lenaan said with a smile.
Qin Mu had been silent until now and suddenly asked: "Does any of you know what Qisi's 'plan' is? Where is his body hidden?"
The players were all stunned.
Yes, from beginning to end, Qisi never revealed his plan to Nian Fu.
Even the whereabouts of the corpse were decided solely by the rat people, avoiding Nian Fu's sight.
Obviously I didn’t know in advance that my movements would be broadcast by the goats in public, but I still didn’t reveal any useful clues...
Hiding the information so carefully and thoughtfully, did I really have a back-up plan? Or is it a puzzle?
"Maybe he has no plan at all and just said it to scare us." Lin Ye shrugged, "If there was a way to come back from the dead, Lin Jue and Xiao Fengchao would not have died."
< br>Green disagreed: "Does he know he can scare us? I think this resurrection is indeed true..."
Time passed minute by second, and the countdown of the duration of the beast fighting game was finally cleared. Zero, the announcement sounded coldly:
[The beast fighting game (second day) has ended successfully, all players will be transported back to the Colosseum]
Beams of light are flying from all directions. Towards the high platform, it condenses into the player's figure.
On the stone tablet, the rankings between the teams are fixed.
First place, Chu Xun and Green, with a total of 3,700 points.
Second place, Dong Xiwen and Lenaan, with a total of 3,600 points.
Third place, Lin Ye and Fan Zhanwei, with a total of 3,200 points.
Fourth place, Qin Mu, with a total of 3,100 points.
Fifth place, Chang Xu and Liu Yuhan, with a total of 3,000 points.
Sixth place, Qisi and Nian Fu, with a total of 2,600 points, are at the bottom.
(End of this chapter)