Infinite Weird Game

In the high tower, Liu Yuhan covered her bleeding wound, held onto the slippery wall, and walked down the stairs step by step.

She attached the [Ghost Attraction] left by Qi Si to her abdomen, thereby temporarily transforming herself into a ghost and stopping the loss of vitality.

The clock tower seemed to be buried deep under the sea ten thousand meters below. She walked for two hours but still could not see the end.

Instead, the halo above the head was getting farther and farther away, and gradually only a tiny dot like a pinhole remained, as if hope was becoming increasingly slim, causing people to feel uneasy uncontrollably.

Liu Yuhan remembered the time trick in the "Hopeless Sea" dungeon, but she couldn't find sufficient evidence to prove that this was the solution to this level.

She doesn't like to guess or guess the answers, and only believes in reasoning with clear steps and strict logic. The puzzle she encountered this time undoubtedly lacked key information.

She was also unable to inquire about clues related to [Ghost Stories Notes] in time.

Just yesterday, she had activated the note effect once to deduce "how to kill Qis".

Until this moment, the result is still not out, only various messy lines running around on the page.

The computing power of [Ghost Story Notes] was occupied, so at best she could only use it as an ordinary notebook to make a draft...

"If time is really a problem, and if we strictly use the mechanism of the Hopeless Sea dungeon, then the three hours of real time will correspond to the four hours on the clock face. The next time we must stay is not at the top of the hour..."

Liu Yuhan was doing calculations quickly, and 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 she didn't consider other circumstances, for safety's sake, she should stop for five minutes at exactly twelve o'clock before moving on.

But judging by the situation in the past few hours, such a cautious approach would undoubtedly not allow her to actually pass the level.

She is continuing to lose blood, and if she doesn't clear the level in time, the only thing that awaits her is a slow death.

There is no doubt about the choice between a doomed death and a dangerous way to live.

"Then let's take a gamble."

Liu Yuhan’s eyes flashed with the faces of Zhang Hongfeng and Tang Yu, as well as the faces of countless players who were familiar to her but had died in the strange game dungeons.

So many people died on the road to fighting the weird 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 exactly twelve o'clock, Liu Yuhan took a step forward.

Then, the dark tones in the field of vision were blown away by the sea breeze like sand and dust, and the dim sky and the azure sea formed a new picture.

The wounds in dreams will not be brought into reality. The pain will be taken away in an instant, and the remaining phantom pain will gradually dissipate.

Liu Yuhan found that her blue dress was spotless, without any holes or wounds, let alone the blood that had soaked her body.

She stood on the deck, in front of the pitch-black slate with the reward options written on it. The silver-white handwriting faithfully displayed the three types 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 her system interface.

In the upper left corner of the sight, the countdown to the end of the beast fighting game is only one hour left.

It is said that dreams do not occupy the real world, but this does not seem to be the case for her.

She is involved in multiple timelines, and [Ghost Stories Notes] is always spending time on calculations. Qis, who controls [Poseidon's Scepter], leaves the copy early and returns to the normal flow of time.

Under the multiple paradoxes, it was impossible to anchor a specific time point, so the strange game copy simply and roughly determined that she had exhausted the three-hour limit of this level and sent her to the starting point of the last hour.

Liu Yuhan didn't feel too dissatisfied. Being able to survive the level was already something to be thankful for. What else was there to hope for?

What's more, after clearing a level, she has 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 to three thousand.

At the same time, the ghost story notebook in her arms became slightly hot. She turned to the latest page and saw the answer to the question she had deduced before:

[To kill Qis, you have to make a wish to the Sphinx]

……

On the other side, Chang Xu followed the bloodstains on the ground all the way, 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 ratmen with snake bodies and hair were crowded in the courtyard, making the originally open space seem cramped and small.

Circles of ratmen gathered somewhere in the center of the courtyard like believers listening to a sermon, forming a huge sea of ​​people. It was impossible to judge the situation inside from the outside.

Chang Xu knew that Nian Fu and Qi Si were inside.

Judging from the posture of these ratmen, the two men were most likely not the targets of attack and hunting. On the contrary, for some unknown reason, they were protected and supported by the ratmen.

Chang Xu had experienced the three dungeons of "Rose Manor", "Hopeless Sea" and "Red Maple Leaf Boarding School", and knew that although Qis's strength on paper was not outstanding, he was able to pick out key details from the seemingly mediocre dungeon mechanism and play with it in some new ways.

At the moment, he was probably just noticing information that others hadn't noticed, and was taking a step further toward TE's clearance route, borrowing the "momentum" of the copy itself.

The previous blow almost cut Qis in half, but when he turned around, he saw that the latter was still alive and kicking. The scene of a damned man coming back to life was weird enough, and Chang Xu already had doubts in his heart.

Seeing the rats on pilgrimage again, he felt even more suspicious, and suddenly had a strong, bad premonition -

He might not be able to kill Qisi in a short time.

But what if he can't be killed? There are things that someone has to do.

Chang Xu lowered the brim of his hat, trying not to attract the attention of any NPC, and quietly moved to the edge of the rat group.

The rats seemed to be bowing towards the center of the courtyard with a focused look, but the countless poisonous snakes with their lower bodies hanging down were twisting their necks restlessly, keeping an eye on all directions.

Chang Xu had only taken a few steps when several snakeheads tracked him down.

The snake heads spit out their red tongues and hissed angrily, like a signal to gather. Soon, all the snake heads turned around and stared at Chang Xu coldly.

Chang Xu clearly remembered the method of breaking the deadlock that he had verified last night. He turned the sharp blade of the sickle and lightly scratched his arm, spilling blood onto the ground.

The imagined scene of groups of ratmen being petrified did not appear. On the contrary, the already red eyes of the poisonous snakes became even more bloodthirsty.

The huge rat head followed the snake head and turned towards Chang Xu at the same time. Its scarlet eyes revealed a thirst for blood and a desire to kill.

Logically speaking, their desires were stimulated to such a high degree that they should have been turned into stone statues under the influence of the curse...

What went wrong?

Chang Xu couldn't figure it out, but he knew it was all related to Qi Si.

Qisi must have done something to lift the curse on these monsters, so they are no longer restrained by blood, and they also respect Qisi who saved them as a god...

That reckless guy didn't consider the consequences of eliminating the ratmen's weaknesses. I'm afraid that in his worldview, if he died, letting the other players die with him would be considered a happy ending...

Chang Xu pursed his lips, held the Broken Life across his body, and stepped back step by step, looking for terrain that could be used.

Unfortunately, the rats did not intend to give him a chance to break the deadlock.

Countless ratmen turned around at the same time, pressing towards Chang Xu step by step. The lower limbs made of red venomous snakes flowed through the corridor like a tide, and in just a few seconds, they dragged their huge bodies to form a circle, trapping Chang Xu in it.

If there is only one monster, Chang Xu with weapons can easily kill it; even if there are ten, Chang Xu has a way to defeat them one by one.

But there were hundreds of ratmen gathered in the courtyard.

"It's him! It's him!"

"He is a demon who killed God and a believer in evil..."

"Kill him! Kill him!"

The rats shouted loudly and rushed towards Chang Xu with the madness and bloodthirsty desire of believers.

Chang Xu quickly swung the Life-Breaking Sword and chopped it towards the rat man who was about to touch him.

The rat man was split in half, warm blood splattered on his face, and his intestines and organs were pooled, temporarily obscuring his vision.

More ratmen took the opportunity to rush forward, stepping on the corpses of their companions and approaching, biting the evil person in the oracle...

One after another.

……

In the Colosseum surrounded by spectator seats, players stood absent-mindedly on the chessboard, waiting for the result in boredom.

When Chang Xu's sickle hit Qis before, they all thought that the main task was about to be completed and they were about to clear the dungeon, but when they turned around, they found that Qis was not dead at all.

Behind them, Chang Xu chased Qi Si and Nian Fu into the underground. After weighing the pros and cons, they decided not to follow and join in the fun.

Firstly, the goat was watching nearby, so Qi Si and Nian Fu had no choice but to leave. Chang Xu was a bit stupid, and they didn't have to do anything to avoid it, so there was no need to take the risk of offending the goat.

Secondly, many of them did not want Qi Si to die too soon, and were hoping to accumulate points to realize their wish. Not stabbing Chang Xu in the back was already the most they could do.

It would be best if Chang Xu could kill Qis, so they can easily pass the level and get rewards; it’s also okay if he can’t kill Qis, because he can negotiate a deal with Sphinx.

The way this dungeon works is that Chang Xu only needs to hunt down Qis, but players have a lot to consider.

Not only do you have to calculate your own points and estimate the strength of each opponent, but you also have to think about how to gain the greatest benefit for yourself.

The goat stood aside and watched the players who were slacking off, surprisingly without saying much.

Ever since Qisi came out of the tower, fought with Chang Xu and rode away on the tiger, the audience's attention was no longer on the game on the field.

How can a turn-based game of Beast Battle 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 Qi Si back to the venue, but instead snapped his fingers.

Two stone slabs that looked like television screens immediately appeared in mid-air.

One showed Chang Xu's perspective, as if there was a camera following behind him and filming continuously; the other was pitch black.

The goat exclaimed, "Eh!" and said to himself, "Is there something wrong? Why can't I see the image of my new friend? Could he be dead?"

The audience booed, and the goat snapped his fingers again.

A new screen appeared, showing Nian Fu's perspective.

Players and audiences, through Nianfu's eyes and ears, saw and heard Qi Si's actions and words.

In the corridor, Qi Si smiled and said to Nian Fu, "I died a long time ago."

In the courtyard, Qisi smeared his blood on the foreheads of the ratmen, allowing them to be reborn from their stone statues.

Later, Qisi lost his voice in a pool of blood, and the rat man told Nianfu devoutly: "The gods said that if his body is preserved, he will be resurrected in the future."

There are not many intelligent players left in the Colosseum at this moment. All the intelligent players have entered the Glazed Tower to pass the level.

The force-type players looked at the picture on the stone slab and looked at each other in bewilderment.

What does "dead a long time ago" mean? How can someone who is dead come back to life?

Also, what kind of operation is it to smear your own blood on the rat man and finally die from blood loss?
"I think I understand a little bit." Lennarn cleared his throat to attract everyone's attention, and smiled shyly, "I heard that some players, when faced with a certain death, may use item reserves or dungeon mechanisms to transform themselves into ghosts and continue to participate in the game. Qi may be in this situation.

"Ghosts are very difficult to kill. For example, there is a kind of ghost called the Undead. Even if all the blood is drained after being injured, it will only enter a dormant state and will not really die. I suspect Qi is this kind of ghost.

"He couldn't heal himself, so he generously shared his blood with the ratmen, leaving his teammates with a chance to turn the tables. As for 'resurrection', I don't know if there is any item that can do this."

"How do you know so much? Who knows whether what you said is true or not?" Lin Ye stared at Lenaan suspiciously, "You are obviously in the same team with Qi Si's accomplice..."

Lenaan spread his hands and said, "Lin, you don't know that Dong was actually coerced by Qi and had to obey him. Now that Qi is dead, we don't have to be tied to him anymore."

Green thought of something and frowned, "Lenaan, if it is true as you said, then we can't kill Qis no matter what and complete the main mission, right?"

"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 anyone know what Qi Si's 'plan' is? Where is his body hidden?"

The players were all stunned.

Yes, from beginning to end, Qi Si never revealed his plan to Nian Fu.

Even the whereabouts of the corpse was decided by the rats, out of Nian Fu's sight.

He clearly didn't know that his movements would be broadcasted in public by the goat, but he still didn't reveal any useful clues...

Is it true that they have a back-up plan or are they deliberately hiding the information so carefully?

"Maybe he didn't have a plan at all, he just said it to scare us." Lin Ye shrugged, "If there really is a way to bring the dead back to life, Lin Jue, Xiao Fengchao and their group wouldn't have died."

Green disagreed: "Does he know that he can scare us? I think this resurrection is true..."

Time passed by minute by minute, and the countdown of the duration of the beast fighting game finally reached zero. The announcement sounded coldly:
[The Beast Fighting Game (Day 2) has ended successfully. All players will be teleported back to the Colosseum.]

Beams of light flew towards the platform from all directions and condensed into the shapes of the players.

The rankings between the teams were determined on the stone tablet.

First place, Chu Xun and Green, with a total score of 3,700.

Second place, Dong Xiwen and Ryan, with a total score of 3,600.

Third place, Lin Ye and Fan Zhanwei, with a total score of 3,200.

Fourth place, Qin Mu, total points: 3,100.

Fifth place, Chang Xu and Liu Yuhan, with a total score of 3,000.

Sixth place, Qi Si and Nian Fu, with a total score of 2,600, ranking last.

(End of this chapter)