Infinite Weird Game

In the room with the wolf head hanging, Chang Xu swung the black [Life Breaker] almost leaving an afterimage, and the sharp sickle harvested the snakes rushing towards him and Liu Yuhan one after another.

Cold light and blood were intertwined, and with every cut, more than a dozen snake heads fell to the ground. The cuts were neat, and the exposed muscle tissue squirmed unwillingly to die, but then became stiff helplessly.

The cold snake blood splashed onto Chang Xu's cheek, making his pale face look grim and terrifying. More blood seeped into his black clothes, leaving no color but only making the fabric sticky.

Liu Yuhan sat in the back, holding a pen and writing furiously on [Notes on Strange Stories]. The inky lines followed her pen, converging and separating on their own, leaving behind two words at the end -

[Desire] and [Divine Blood].

She seemed to realize something, pulled out a dagger and cut her arm. Fresh blood flowed down and connected to her wrist like the blood vessels of the earth.

As if attracted by the blood, all the snakes and rats turned around in an instant and pounced towards the blood on the ground with extreme enthusiasm.

Liu Yuhan held her breath and kept quiet, paying close attention to the movements on the ground.

The snakes and rats were petrified 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, maintaining the same posture as the previous second, unable to move.

Success, as expected...

Liu Yuhan exhaled and said very quickly: "I understand, in this copy, desire can petrify living things just like the eyes of Medusa.

"Each of us has been inspired by the Sphinx's desires. The countdown has begun. As time goes by, we will all be turned into stone statues under the influence of our desires."

"We don't have much time." Chang Xu put away his sickle and looked down at his own and Liu Yuhan's ankles.

A strange grayish-white color spread across the joints and slowly climbed upwards, like a silver ring around the ankle.

Chang Xu thought for a moment and said, "I remember that the goats and the other animals that were there as spectators showed no signs of petrification. They should know how to suppress their desires."

"It could also be because they are gods, and gods have no desires." Liu Yuhan shook her head, remained silent for two seconds, and her eyes narrowed slightly, "No, there are doubts.

"Those rat people think we are gods, which means we are similar to gods. Why don't other animals think so?"

……

“Perhaps they already knew that someone would become a god through the beast fighting game, but they no longer feared God.”

Qi Si was lying on the straw bed, smiling and saying, "It seems that the evil god who promoted them to gods has not appeared for a long time. If they were true fanatics, they would have been looking for their god all over the world by now, and would never be in the mood to play games with a group of humans here."

Nian Fu objected: "The epic says that they held the beast fighting games at the instruction of the gods."

"Who would believe in epics?" Qi Si said with a sigh. "Suppose I control a church that believes in a long-lost god, and one day I suddenly want to kill a few people for fun, then I will say to the church members:

"'Our god has spoken to me of an oracle that He is about to fall into a deep sleep, and that only sufficient pain and death can awaken Him.'

"Then the followers can go and capture people for me to play with."

Nian Fu: “…” Why are you so skilled?

It's already two o'clock in the morning and there's a tough battle to fight tomorrow. It's useless to make any analysis based on the few clues.

Keith turned off the flashlight, and the room was filled with thick darkness again.

The damp smell and stench filled the air, and consciousness soon became drowsy in this sultry and full feeling.

I had a dreamless night. When I opened my eyes, everything around me was bright. I had no idea where the light came from into this airtight room.

Qi Si came to his senses, raised his hand to check his fate pocket watch, and the time was exactly eight o'clock in the morning.

The daily routine arranged for players in this dungeon is also very regular, so there is no possibility of sleeping in.

Qi Si sat up from the straw bed, bent down and silently tucked the trouser legs of his suit pants into his shoes to cover the flesh at his ankles.

He pondered for a moment and put the fox mask back into his backpack.

"The time has come, you can go on stage!"

The stone door was opened from the outside, and the goat stood at the door and urged in a loud voice.

I don’t know if it’s because of the copy mechanism, but this sound is particularly inspiring. Even if a lazy person hears it, hesitation and rationality will be replaced by a carnival mood, and then he will have an urge to stand in the center of the stage.

Nian Fu stood up slowly and walked to the door, with Qi Si following half a step behind her.

The goat didn't seem to have any intention of supervising the two people going out. When he saw them moving, he turned and walked towards the next door.

Nian Fu stopped at the door and looked back at Qi Si: "Today the beast fighting game officially begins, and the ban on 'players not harming each other' will be lifted.

"I dare say that the moment the ban is lifted, Chang Xu will definitely raise his sickle to chop off your head, and then kill me who is in cahoots with him."

Qi Si said calmly: "If it is really feasible to take direct action, then wouldn't it be easier to throw everyone into a cage and kill them until only the last one is left?

"Under this game mechanism, players with strong abilities will have an absolute advantage, so why do we want to allow nearly half of the players with intelligence to enter this game?

"Those animals treat animal fighting games as entertainment, and it's only interesting when the fights are evenly matched and it's hard to tell who wins. And..."

Zeiss paused very noticeably.

Nian Fu thought he had some profound insights, so she pricked up her ears, but she saw the young man smiling sincerely: "I suddenly feel that regardless of where the body goes, being hacked to death shouldn't be too painful."

Nian Fu said expressionlessly: "...I can strangle you to death with a whip first, and then cut you into small pieces to feed the mice tonight. You're welcome."

She knew that what Qi Si wanted to say just now was not that, but for some reason he changed his mind and lied to her.

She doesn't care about the details. As long as the goal can be achieved, the process is not important.

As for whether the goal can be achieved... let's talk about it later. Anyway, it's quite convenient to kill Qi Si.
Qi Si glanced at Nian Fu, smiled without saying a word, walked out of the room, stepped up the marble steps step by step, and stood on the high platform in the center of the Colosseum.

Nian Fu also followed with great confidence.

The players arrived one after another, and everyone's ankles were covered with lime marks of varying thickness.

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 was standing alone with a cat-face mask in his arms.

Qin Mu looked like a young girl who had just entered society. She was fragile and had red eyes.

She looked at the players and said timidly, “Last night, a lot of rat people with snake hair entered our room and wanted to eat me and Uncle Zhang.

"Uncle Zhang gave me the mask at the last minute. Those rat people seemed to be afraid of the mask. When they saw the mask in my hand, they ignored me and went to bite Uncle Zhang instead.

"Uncle Zhang... was eaten by them bite by bite."

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he began to sob softly.

The three columns of game coins, points and food on her chest showed the numbers [6], [1100] and [0] respectively.

Apparently after Zhang Mo's death, all of his assets were transferred to her as his teammate.

Fan Zhanwei stared at Qin Mu for two seconds and said, "Question one, why did Zhang Mo save you? Question two, why are you sure that the mask can drive away the rat people?"

"Uncle Zhang said... I look like his deceased daughter." Qin Mu said softly, slowly putting the cat face mask on her face. "Uncle Zhang also guessed that rat people are afraid of masks. He said that rats are afraid of cats." Qin Mu raised her head, and the fluffy cat face seemed to grow on her neck, without any sense of incongruity.

Her figure also became shorter in front of the players. Her originally slender limbs gradually shortened, becoming round and small, and covered with a layer of soft black hair.

Its fingers were bent into claws, its back was slightly arched, and its black tail was raised from behind, making it look like a black cat!
The black cat squatted on the ground for ten seconds before Qin Mu took off his mask and turned back into human form. He lowered his head and said nothing.

When you put on the mask, will you turn into the corresponding animal? Or will you only appear to others as that animal?
Chu Xun looked down at the scratches on his arm and thought, "We discovered last night that the ratmen would quickly turn to stone after seeing blood.

“If they really bite the player, they will definitely bleed and then turn into stone statues, unable to cause any harm to the player.

"So how do they manage to eat a person alive?"

"I don't know..." Qin Mu sobbed and shook his head, "I don't know what happened, but they still ate Uncle Zhang..."

Her confusion did not seem fake. No one with normal intelligence would come up with such an illogical statement. It was most likely not made up but true.

The players stopped asking questions, and many of them were certain of one conclusion:

This copy is closely related to the game of Beast Battle, and humans are at the bottom of the food chain.

The goat walked to the platform at the right time and said in an excited tone: "Another person was eliminated today. Congratulations to each of you for getting a portion of food. You all tasted the food yesterday, and I believe you are satisfied with it.

"But I'm afraid I have to make an urgent announcement: 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 gloating, and he made no secret of his malice towards the players. It seemed that he couldn't wait to see the players kill each other for survival.

The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment. After two seconds of silence, Dong Xiwen raised his hand and asked, "Can I ask if there is any way to get food? It doesn't require the death of someone, right?"

The goat snapped his fingers, and the circular surface of the platform quickly expanded in all directions. The players standing on the edge dispersed according to teams as the ground they were standing on moved. The six teams stood exactly at the six six-equal points of the circular platform.

Thin golden lines crisscross the blank plane, cutting out chessboard grids of 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 placed on the chessboard.

“The animals from strong to weak are lion, tiger, leopard, wolf, fox, and cat. Each time they can move one square forward, backward, left, or right. When two animals meet, 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. With the naked eye, each floor shows a different scene, with flowing brilliant colors rolling and flying around, with creatures of indistinguishable races. At first glance, it looks weird and noisy.

The goat pointed at the tower and said, "The other person in the team can spend game coins to randomly enter various mini-games in the tower. After passing the level, you can choose to get actions, points or food.

"If there is only one person left in the team, it might be a bit harder. You need to enter the mini-game to gain actions, and then go back to the board to decide what to do next."

A huge marble slab appeared out of thin air, hanging high above the head, recording the points of each player and ranking the teams according to the total points.

For some reason, the animal corresponding to each team is not directly displayed on the stone slab. Instead, the team name is referred to by the name of the player with the most surviving points in the team.

Such as Chu Xun, Fan Zhanwei, Qin Mu, Qi Si, Lenaan, and Liu Yuhan.

Fan Zhanwei asked: "Can the game coins be transferred?"

"No." The goat said, "Game coins, points, and food are each person's unique resources. They can only be automatically transferred to teammates after a person dies."

Fan Zhanwei asked again: "When two animals encounter each other, does the animal that is eaten die as a whole?"

The goat replied, "Only the person standing on the chessboard will die."

"What about that person's points and game coins?"

"I told you to transfer it to his teammates." The goat waved his hand impatiently, "Here's a small tip for you all. The beast fighting game only lasts for eight hours each day. You have to hurry up and clear more mini-games to get more resources accordingly.

"Okay, that's about it. You have five minutes to discuss countermeasures. Under the watchful eyes of the gods, your communication 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 fell down without any explanation, covering each team.

The world suddenly fell into silence and darkness. It seemed that this so-called "God's gaze" not only blocked sound but also light.

A five-minute countdown appeared on the system interface, and there was not much time.

Nian Fu lit a match and looked at Qi Si in the light: "What do you think about the rules of the game? Who of us will get on the chessboard and enter the game?"

"You get on the chessboard, and I'll enter the game." Qi Si raised his eyelids and looked at the black above his head, "If nothing unexpected happens, the moment this black box disappears, the beast fighting game will officially begin.

"You also know that once the game starts and the ban on killing is lifted, Chang Xu will definitely chop me with his sickle the first time. I think it's safer for me to hide in the game."

"Didn't you say you weren't afraid of death?" Nian Fu taunted, "You hid in the game yourself, leaving me outside to take the risk of death. What a good plan."

"Before I die, Chang Xu will not kill you. Instead, he will try his best to keep you alive." Qi Si said calmly, "After all, if I inherit your legacy and stay in the game with six game coins, it will 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. In the end, we will both die together.

"In comparison, the overall benefits of my participation in gaming are higher."

That's the truth.

Nian Fu looked resentful: "But have you ever thought that we are 'foxes'? On the chessboard, we will die if we meet anyone except a cat..."

"Well..." Qi Si touched his chin, "Do you have any stealth items or skills? Shrinking items are also fine...

"None? Well, there must be some way to reduce your presence, right?"

……

On the other side, Chang Xu stared at the direction of Qi Si from beginning to end, with his right hand tightly grasping the long handle of the black sickle.

[The beast fighting game officially begins! ]

The infectious announcement resounded throughout the venue, announcing the end of the five-minute countdown.

The moment the black cube disappeared, Chang Xu immediately activated the effect of [Life Break].

After two teleportations, he turned into a black afterimage, and when he settled down again, he appeared in front of Qis, ten meters away.

He raised the sickle in his hand high and chopped it down towards Qis' neck.

However, Qi Si was prepared. The curse pendulum flew out from his sleeve and knocked the knife sideways by two centimeters.

Because of this delay, the blade fell and missed the object.

The scarlet beam flew towards the tower and stopped on the ninth floor, suddenly condensing into a red figure, through which Qi Si's face could be vaguely seen.

And outside the tower, Qi Si was no longer seen.

At the same time, everyone heard and saw the system prompt:
[Player Qis consumes 1 game coin and enters the No. 9 test site]

[Other players please enter as soon as possible] (End of this chapter)