Infinite Weird Game

Last night Chang Xu had a dream, in which he met the god who had placed the bet on him—"Li", the Lord of Time and Space.

Fragments of past memories flash across the pure black space, and the black, white and gray images remind people of old photos from the last century.

Chang Xu sat cross-legged in the center of the undulating waves of debris, just like when he was on the verge of death after coming out of the "Hopeless Sea" copy.

The golden eyes opened and closed in the silence, and the voice was distant and vast: "You have learned to hate and have desires, which is good. But your hatred is not strong enough, and your desires are not clear enough. I can't invest more in you.

"So I came here to meet you and ask you - what do you want after winning this game?"

Chang Xu raised his head and looked directly into the eyes of God, and said seriously: "I want to shut down the weird game and bring those innocent people who died back to life."

"A good desire. It can be used as an option to attract gamblers to place bets." God's voice was flat and indifferent. "I also want to know what you can pay for your desire."

Chang Xu remained silent.

A scene was picked up from the chaotic debris, scattered into pieces and fell from the top of the head, carrying other fragments together to weave into the same picture.

That was the end of the Red Maple Leaf Boarding School copy. On the ashes left by the forest fire, Qi Si asked in a casual tone: "Suppose there is a madman who wants to compete with you in killing people. Whoever kills more people within a limited time will win.

"If you win, nothing will happen. If you lose, he will destroy the world. What will you choose?"

——'What will you choose?'

Chang Xu lowered his eyelids to hide the expression in his eyes.

The god who controls time, space and destiny declared calmly: "The chess player behind the chess piece that is your enemy has already left the gambling table. In the next game, kill him at all costs, and your wish will finally come true."

……

"Kill him! Kill him!"

Outside the tower, the animals in the audience cheered loudly, and the fanatical emotions ignited the atmosphere of the whole venue, which was comparable to the most popular world-class event in reality.

On the stone platform, Chang Xu put away all his weapons and wrestled with the rat man with his bare hands.

The spooky game will not directly improve the player's strength and physical fitness. The improvement of these factors all depends on props. It can be said that without props, players simply cannot be a match for ghosts.

But unexpectedly, Chang Xu and the rat man were evenly matched, and as time went on, he gradually showed the upper hand and began to seize the latter's flaws to counterattack.

There were a few rounds when the ratmen were actually beaten back.

The audience's cheers were getting louder and louder, and it was unclear which side they were cheering for, or whether they would be happy to see either side win.

Blood, violence, death... the perfect combination of these three can best stimulate the primitive instinctive senses.

The rat man swung his snake hair to bite Chang Xu's neck, but he dodged it by twisting his body and grabbed the snake's neck to twist his huge rat-like head.

Chang Xuka stood in the blind spot of the snakes' attack and punched the rat man on the head one after another. Blood-soaked bone fragments splattered out and yellow-white brain matter flowed all over his face and body like a waterfall.

The rat man was quite durable. Even though his head was rotten, he still stood up staggeringly and kept chasing and biting Chang Xu's afterimage.

"How come this ratman has stronger vitality than zombies? Will he die only if his head is cut off?" Lenaan scratched his head and put forward an idea.

Lin Ye had been saved by Chang Xu before, so he knew how to be grateful. He quickly shouted out advice: "Chang Xu! Hit its neck! Knock its entire head off!"

Green folded his arms and sneered: "Idiot! Didn't you notice that Chang Xu has been avoiding those snakes from beginning to end? If he dares to put his hand towards the rat man's neck, he will be bitten by the snake in the next second!"

Nian Fu quietly observed Chang Xu's every move, with no intention of joining the discussion, and the smile on the corner of her lips gradually faded.

Chang Xu's individual strength is much stronger than she imagined, and he might be difficult to deal with. Can Qi Si really survive for an hour under this man's pursuit?

With Qis's physique, it would be good if he could last five minutes, right?

Thinking of this, Nian Fu felt inexplicably irritated. She subconsciously touched the pendant on her neck and forced herself not to move her eyes to look somewhere, but she couldn't help muttering to herself in her heart.

Did “that person” who asked her to invest in Qis have other plans or was he just making a mistake?

Just as she was stunned, Nian Fu saw that the points ranking on the stone slab had changed. The total points of her and Qi Si's team increased by 500, surpassing Chang Xu's team and becoming the second to last.

Her eyes widened and her whole body was in a mess.

What happened? Did Qi Si clear the game ahead of time? Did he fail by stalling for time? Is he really that unreliable?
At the same time, the system broadcast sounded, confirming her judgment:

[Congratulations to Qi Si for passing the third level and receiving the "500 points" reward]

...I really cleared the level ahead of time!
The players also looked at each other in bewilderment.

There are still three and a half hours left until the end of today's beast fighting game. Chang Xu's fighting power is so impressive. How can Qi Si survive for so long?

It's understandable that he failed to delay the game once, but it couldn't be a coincidence that he failed twice. Did he have another plan?

A blood-red beam of light flew out from the tower, and the silhouette of Qi Si in a red suit and trousers appeared in front of Nian Fu.

Chang Xu heard the system broadcast and saw the target out of the corner of his eye. He immediately turned around and was about to rush over, but was blocked by the rat man by chance.

Before the battle began, Goat was afraid that he would use his life-killing skill in a hurry, so he forced him to take out his weapon and throw it aside.

At this moment, he was five meters away from the death. With the rat people entangled him, it was not easy to get it back as soon as possible.

Nian Fu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, but he heard the young man in front of him say in a low voice: "Follow me." Then he felt the wind blowing in his ears.

That is not natural wind, but the wind caused by running.

After Qi Si threw down these three words, he ran towards the iron gate under the audience seats in his memory with a clear goal. The giant tiger standing in Nian Fu's position on the chessboard followed him all the way.

[Name: Straw Tiger (Consumable)]

[Type: props]

[Effect: Summons a tiger that obeys the item holder and lasts until killed.]

[Note: A certain evil god was extremely bored and became addicted to crafts. He made countless strange animals out of paper and straw and released them into various worlds. Although they were discarded works, they still contained considerable divine power.]

This was a sleight of hand that Qi Si had set up earlier. Ostensibly, it was used to trick other players into misjudging the animals their team was playing, but in reality, he was trying to use it to control Nian Fu.

After using the concealing prop, Nian Fu lay on the straw tiger. Before he could react, he was carried and followed behind Qi Si.

After realizing what happened, she yelled, "Fuck! Qisi, what are you doing..."

She swallowed the rest of her words. Just now, Chang Xu knocked the rat man down with a punch, rolled on the ground, grabbed the long handle of the Life-Breaking Sword, and teleported behind her in a second.

There was a flash of black light, and the next teleportation was about to happen.

Qi Si had already stood in front of the closed iron door and pulled out the wire from the bracelet.

"Three seconds," he said.

Nian Fu surprisingly understood the young man's meaning, grabbed a long whip from the void and swung it towards Chang Xu, hitting Chang Xu's half-faded figure hard.

The teleportation was blocked, and Qis opened the lock on the iron door with a "click" and ducked in.

However, the next second, a chill suddenly spread behind him.

Chang Xu initiated a new teleportation in milliseconds, appearing behind him like a ghostly shadow.

The sharp blade of the black sickle struck directly at his back, piercing through his back and chest like cutting tofu. The tip of the knife turned downward and pierced into his heart, crushing the atrium and blood vessels. When it was pulled out, a string of blood beads was thrown off, along with the skin and flesh that had been hooked off.

Cold blood oozed out of the gap like a bucket being poured out.

A fatal blow that no one expected!
Qis fell forward to the ground, splashing up settled dust, and a pool of blood instantly accumulated under his body, absorbing and dissolving the dust.

The setting sun cast a bloody dusk, and the temple suspended by chains cast a shadow.

A mere corpse is an insignificant embellishment of the picture, like a casual stroke.

Chang Xu crossed the line, squatted down, and put his finger in front of Qi Si's nose to check, but there was no breath.

This time, Qis was not as lucky as before. He really died and became a ghost under the knife.

This guy who had committed so many evil things and harmed countless people finally got to pay with his life for the people he had killed.

But he never expected that he, who always had a plan, would die so hastily...

Chang Xu was not a sentimental person and did not feel the slightest bit of sadness or regret.

He looked at Nian Fu who was sitting beside him blankly and said calmly, "You take care of yourself."

Nian Fu had come out of her hiding the moment she pulled out the iron whip, and was now sitting on the tiger's back with a pale face. She had never expected that Qi Si could be killed so easily with just one knife.

She jumped off the tiger and squatted beside Qi Si's body. She felt as if she was dreaming and wanted to curse: "How could you die so quickly when you acted so well?"

Chang Xu had no intention of wiping the roots out, so he just took his life and turned back to the chessboard.

The culprit is dead. Although Nian Fu was once an accomplice, it is unknown whether he has killed anyone. He has no right to deprive others of their lives without evidence.

In the audience, there were noisy noises of animals, and everyone was discussing the sudden change; the players on the stone platform stood still like stone sculptures, casting long and narrow shadows in the setting sun.

It was not until Chang Xu stood on the chessboard again that they came to their senses, and their first reaction was disbelief.

Qi Si died so hastily...

This person who existed as the target of the main quest was killed by Chang Xu without any hesitation on the second day of the dungeon...

It was too simple, and everyone's previous preparedness and scheming seemed like a joke.

"No, I feel like something is not right..." Lenaan frowned and said hesitantly.

Nian Fu, who was squatting and doubting her life, suddenly saw the corpse on the ground and quickly raised her hand and gestured: "Go!"

Qisi, whose chest was pierced, climbed up from the ground. His organs flowed out of the wound and were stuffed back into his hands.

He was covered in blood, his already red suit was stained, and blood stains on his face blurred his original features.

He was like a devil crawling out of hell. He stitched up his wound with one hand and used the other hand to support himself from the ground, then flipped over and jumped onto the tiger's back.

On the other side, Lin Ye finally figured out the problem and clapped his hands: "The main mission is not completed! Qi Si is still alive!"

The players looked in the direction of Nian Fu, only to see Qi Si, covered in blood, sitting on the tiger's body, with only a pool of blood on the ground.

"No wonder that woman wasn't panicking, it turns out she knew about it a long time ago!"

Lin Ye gritted his teeth, as if he regarded Nian Fu as an accomplice in the conspiracy.

But what on earth is going on? How can someone survive being pierced through the chest?

How did Qi Si fake his death right under Chang Xu's nose and deceive everyone?
Nian Fu couldn't figure it out. She felt that she was shrouded in layers of fog and could no longer see clearly about Qi Si's true identity.

But the young man on the tiger's back stretched out his hand to her: "Nian Fu, come up!"

The wound was real and extremely severe, with blood flowing like a waterfall, covering the entire tiger with a layer of blood.

The bloody giant tiger opened its dark green eyes and nodded proudly, its color so rich and bright that it seemed as if it had walked out of a mural.

Qi Si was covered in blood, and his expression was horrifying under the decoration of blood beads, but he was still in the mood to joke: "By the way, I hope you have the habit of carrying bandages with you."

Nian Fu grabbed the bloody hand that was reaching out to her and used the force to climb onto the tiger's back.

She felt the body temperature was too cold, but could not feel the heartbeat or breathing, so she knew that the Qis who was speaking and moving at this moment was indeed a corpse.

But he did seem to be alive.

"Chang Xu! Hurry! They are about to run away!" Lin Ye couldn't help but urge him.

He knew that he had offended Qis and was afraid of revenge, and wished that the latter would die immediately.

Chang Xu's pupils shrank slightly, and without saying a word, he jumped and ran towards where the two men and the tiger were.

He had already activated the life-threatening effects three times in a short period of time, exhausting all his strength and making him unable to teleport anymore.

But his speed is not slow, enough to quickly close the distance in a short time.

"Hold on tight." Qi Si spat out two words.

The tiger turned into a gust of wind and crashed into the dark space behind the iron gate, running forward along the corridor.

Qi Si slammed the iron gate shut, just in time to block Chang Xu who was approaching.

"I brought a bandage." A roll of white bandage appeared in Nian Fu's hand.

Even though the situation changed several times in a short period of time, causing her emotions to fluctuate greatly, she still calmed down quickly.

There is no point in overthinking. Now that things have come to this, the important thing to do is to think about how to deal with them.

"Bandage me." Qi Si pieced the broken pieces of the heart together and stuffed them back into the chest cavity. "If I lose less blood, I may be able to live a little longer."

The iron gate behind him was opened, and Chang Xu pursued him relentlessly along the straight and unbranched corridor. The two people sitting on the tiger's back could see the figure in black appearing and disappearing when they turned their heads.

Nian Fu held her breath and swung the iron whip hard towards Chang Xu, but he dodged it nimbly, thus greatly slowing down the latter's pursuit.

Qi Si looked at it for a while, and the corners of his lips rose slightly: "I bet he has no way to attack from a distance."

"Huh? Why do you see it?"

"He has never used the Destiny Poker until now. I guess his skill has been banned just like me. That Dark Judge is really selfless."

Qi Si wiped his face to get rid of the messy blood on his cheek, but he still couldn't hide the solemn expression.

Nian Fu also smiled: "Really? That's great."

She wrapped the bandages around Qis's broken back, chest and abdomen, and took the opportunity to ask, "By the way, how did you manage to survive such a serious injury? Can you tell me?"

The corridor was dimly lit, with only a torch every ten meters, emitting jumping orange flames.

The sparsely populated area was filled with silence, and the voices and various small sounds were clear as a revelation.

Under the flickering firelight, Qi Si grinned, his eyes shining: "Of course it's because - I died a long time ago."

(End of this chapter)