The Trial Game of Life

After a short break of six hours, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo stepped into Area E.

Upgrading is a very simple matter, as long as the player accumulates enough points, the moment the player steps into the high-level zone, the upgrade will be completed automatically.And from this moment on, the two houses on East Cross Street no longer belonged to Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo. If they wanted to continue living in Yongye City, they needed to rent a house again.

Yes, rent a house.

Eternal Night City only allocates housing for new players who enter the city for the first time. Otherwise, everyone needs to find a house by themselves and pay the rent with points.The same is true of Jin Cheng's big villa in District A.

However, the two of them were not in a hurry to rent a house. After Da Laladi made a splash in District E, he met Wen Xiaoming again in the Ruby Tavern in District E.

Wen Xiaoming brought the items needed to trigger the special dungeon, as well as the latest information from Lin Yandong, "I heard that this dungeon is very complicated, and it can't be solved simply by force, and the trigger item turned out to be a lighter. .The ordinary lighter worth 5 yuan sold in the official store of Eternal Night City."

Jin Cheng said, "It's not surprising. Most of the trigger items are accessible to all players. How many did you bring?"

Wen Xiaoming prepared two for each of them, just in case.

The dungeon name this time is "Before Dawn", which is similar to "Returning People on a Snowy Night" that Tang Cuo encountered for the first time. It belongs to "escape room".

Wen Xiaoming said with a serious expression on his face, "According to the intelligence, the dungeon is based on the background of the Republic of China, and players are required to escape from a place called Yu Mansion before dawn, but the time and space inside seem to be chaotic, whether it is space overlapping or time travel I can't be sure. Moreover, only three people have successfully escaped from it so far. One may have hidden in the dungeon, and no one can be found at all; Both of them are from District E, and the one who has just cleared the customs is downgraded from District A, an accomplice of the puppet master Yao Qing, but since he is a competitor in District A, it is impossible to expect him to reveal anything The news comes out."

All in all, it's just two words - catch the blind.

Jin Cheng nodded, he didn't expect to get many clues, "What about the twelve movements?"

Wen Xiaoming: "It is said that there is a piano room inside, and someone will play "Song of the Gods, Lambs and Crows" there. If you want to get the movement, you must enter this piano room."

"That's right." Wen Xiaoming took out another note from his pocket and handed it to them, "Lin Yandong asked me to give it to you, saying that it might be used in the copy."

There are three numbers written on the note - 062.

Is it the password or the room number?

Jin Cheng asked, "Which of those three people did you get the information from?"

Wen Xiaoming replied: "The one who hid, the news of the twelve movements was also leaked from him at the beginning. The one who escaped by chance later also confirmed that he had heard the sound of the music."

With that said, Wen Xiaoming put together all the information collected so far on paper and handed it to them.Although he believed in the boss's memory, a good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Besides, the people brought out by Jin Cheng are always cautious and thoughtful.

Tang Cuo browsed quickly, remembered the general content in his mind, and handed it to Jin Cheng.

Wen Xiaoming finally warned: "Because there may be time-space overlap, players will disperse after entering the game, and those who escaped by chance will be placed on orders. And Rong Yi has also arrived in the E area, you must be careful."

Tang Cuo was curious, "Rong Yi?"

Jin Cheng explained in a friendly manner, "Number D22422, ranked second in the ranking of players' comprehensive strength, a man covered in two."

Hearing his tone, Tang Cuo asked, "Do you have a good relationship with him?"

Jin Cheng: "It seems not very good."

Tang Cuo: "Then who do you have a good relationship with?"

I don't think you have a good relationship with anyone.

Jin Cheng blinked and stared at him, "I have a good relationship with you."

Tang Cuo was silent, speechless.

Wen Xiaoming on the opposite side looked at this and then that, with a curious and innocent expression on his face.What happened between these two during his absence?

He must have missed something.

After the information exchange was over, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo didn't waste any time, and went straight to the game lobby after buying the medicine.Here, the two met Chi Yan who was crouching in front of the mission wall again.

Chi Yan brought them the dungeon information collected by An Ning. Although it basically overlapped with Wen Xiaoming's and was useless, it was a good intention.

"Brother, you must be careful. I heard that few of them will come out alive. It's terrible." Chi Yan was very worried, but he dared not ask him to download a copy.

Finally, he took out an amulet from his body and handed it to Tang Cuo, "Brother, I begged for this from the temple, you take it with you, maybe you will have a halo of good luck!"

Tang Cuo: "Temple?"

Chi Yan: "Yes, the temple in the dungeon, I entered the dungeon as a monk this time!"

Oh, you look quite happy.

At this time, other people in the game hall noticed the arrival of Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo, and countless pairs of eyes stared at this small corner, watching their every move.

Jin Cheng crossed his arms, chuckled, then turned his head and said to Chi Yan, "Go back to find An Ning immediately after you go out, don't come out if you have nothing to do, and don't inquire about anything."

Chi Yan was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, put his feet on his feet and looked around, and stuck out his tongue ghostly.He has been squatting here for a long time just now, and no one paid attention to him, but now he is doing well, and everyone is looking at him.

"Then I'll go back first, brother, brother Cheng." Chi Yan left, and after playing a few dungeons with An Ning, his skills looked much better, swimming through the crowd like a fish.

Halfway there, Tang Cuo saw him turning his head and waving vigorously at them, looking at the shape of his mouth as if saying, "Come on!"

When Chi Yan's figure completely disappeared from sight, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo glanced at each other, then calmly turned and walked into the mission wall.And in the crowd, a few people came out quietly, sneaking in while the people around them were not paying attention.

"Ding--"

"A special mission item has been detected. Congratulations to the player for triggering the series of missions "Before Dawn". There are six players in this round of the game. The goal is to escape from the mansion before dawn."

"I wish you a happy life!"

The system's announcement came so quickly that it sounded almost directly after Tang Cuo entered the task wall, which made Tang Cuo raise his eyebrows slightly.You must know that when he triggered "Returning on a Snowy Night" for the first time, he waited a full 5 minutes.

Are there really that many people rushing to enter the dungeon?Or is someone watching them, waiting for them to enter together?

Tang Cuo leans towards the latter.

The important thing is that Tang Cuo is on the order.

He looked around and found himself standing in an old attic.The attic is not low, and a small incandescent lamp hangs from the beam on the top, barely illuminating the room.The corner on the west side is full of wooden boxes, while there is a simple wooden bed next to the window on the east side, and small coffee tables and other things placed in a mess.

The window is a beautiful window made of stained glass. Through the window, you can find that it is dark outside. I don't know the exact time.And the windows can't be opened.

Tang Cuo picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it hard. The teacup shattered into several pieces, and the window remained motionless.

Then this is blocked by the system, which means that this road is blocked.

There was another door in the attic leading downstairs, but it was locked with a latch.Not only that, Tang Cuo also saw through the crack of the door that there were several layers of iron chains wrapped around the door, and at least three locks were tied.

There are obviously people living in the attic, so he (she) is locked here.

Tang Cuo turned around and continued to search.

There is also a chest of drawers next to the wall in the room. When you open the drawer, you can see men's clothes. The materials and workmanship are good.Tang Cuo opened the cabinet and went to rummage through the wooden box. After 10 minutes, he came to a general conclusion——

Male, about 30 years old, 175cm tall and above, shoe size 40.

Tang Cuo picked up another hair from the ground and from the side of the pillow. It was short black and slightly curly.His eyes swept over the paper and pen on the coffee table, and then at the enamel cup and toothbrush by the window—left-handed.

Yu mansion means this is a big family.This man can write, and there are even English books in the house, even if it is not the master's, at least he will not be a servant.

Tang Cuo even found a handwritten score in a pile of books in the corner. The score was not signed, but the handwriting should be the same as the resident of the attic.

Sheet music, piano room, twelve movements?

Tang Cuo felt that he should go to explore the location of the piano room first, but how would he get out?This task allowed them to escape from the house before dawn. Since the windows couldn't go out, they must have to go downstairs.

The door is locked from the outside, that is to say, either there are other players downstairs who can help unlock it, or violent destruction.

The escape room copy, I'm afraid the latter will not be allowed.

Tang Cuo tried it with a practical spirit, and sure enough, the door couldn't be destroyed at all.But Tang Cuo has been in the dungeon for 15 minutes. If it was Jin Cheng who was downstairs, he should have found him long ago.

Mostly someone else.

"Tsk." Tang Cuo rarely expressed dissatisfaction with the system.But he didn't miss Jin Cheng, but he was worried that other players would not open the door for him because of malicious intentions.

Then he can only wait for Jin Cheng to break through many obstacles and come to save the beauty as a hero.

and many more.

what the hell am i thinking

Tang Cuo felt that he had been with Jin Cheng for a long time, and his brain began to have problems.It is also possible that Jin Cheng's eyes were blinded by the beautiful colors of the peacock's screen. It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, so his soul has been polluted.

Bored, Tang Cuo sat down on the bed and began to fiddle with the radio beside the bed.This radio is still very new, it is the earliest style, and judging from the time when the radio was introduced to China, it should be after 1923 or 1924.

The publication year of those books just now also coincided with it. The latest book was published in 1922.

Unfortunately, the radio is not available.

Tang Cuo put the radio back to its original position. He caught a glimpse of the ink on the table out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly frowned.There are two bottles of ink on the table, one black and one red.

But Tang Cuo could only see the black pen writing, and the red ink was obviously used up two-thirds, where did it go?

Tang Cuo looked at the attic again.

He roughly turned over the cabinets and wooden boxes that could be found, and carefully checked the corners, and the only thing left was the bottom of the bed.He just bent down to take a look, the light in the room was not bright enough, he looked away when he saw that there was nothing under the bed.

Thinking of this, he went back to take a look again—there seemed to be something written on the bed, which was red.Because the lighting is very dim, it looks like a dark red.

Tang Cuo got under the bed resolutely, lay flat and looked up, the sight he saw was surprising.

There are countless red "positive" characters, from the earliest dark red that has been covered by dust to the fresh positive red, recording countless days and nights stroke by stroke.

Roughly counted, there are more than 30, converted into time, it is about half a year.

In other words, was the occupant of the attic imprisoned here half a year ago?

Just at this moment, the sudden sound of footsteps interrupted Tang Cuo's train of thought.He listened intently, it should have come from the stairs, from far to near.

But after a while, the chain outside the door was pulled.

"Is anyone in there?" A young man's voice was full of temptation and guard.

Tang Cuo didn't answer.

"Don't pretend, I heard it from below. Are you a player? I am also a player, and we are companions. Now there are only two of us in the whole house. I will unlock and let you out. You promise not to do anything, how about it? "

Tang Cuo still didn't answer. He found that the bottom of the bed was a good hiding place, so he simply lay there without moving.He waited for the man outside to open the door by himself.

This isn't a cosplay dungeon, and their attire hasn't changed.As soon as the man came in, Tang Cuo could immediately tell whether he was a player or an NPC.

After waiting for 5 minutes, there was finally the sound of unlocking the door.That man also had no choice, he was the only one in the whole house, not even a ghost.

As he opened it, he observed the situation in the room through the crack of the door, with a vigilant expression and probing words, "I'm open, you must not hide behind the door and attack me. I know you must have come for the twelve movements, But now we are grasshoppers tied to a rope, and the twelve movements haven’t appeared yet, so it’s no good for us to fight to the death.”

Tang Cuo basically agrees with what he said, but he doesn't want to develop teammate love with him.

Those who can break into the dungeon to grab the twelve movements at this time are either strong individual travelers like Rong Yi, who don't care whether they form a team or not, or they are groups of relatives and friends.

There are six players in this game, except for Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng, there are still four players.The man outside the door could tell from the sound of his footsteps that he was not a great player, and he must have teammates.

The man talked for a long time without getting a reply, and the doubts in his heart had piled up into a mountain.But he opened the door boldly, held his weapon tightly, and walked in cautiously.

no one?

He was slightly startled, but when he looked left and right, there was no one there, but just as he took a few steps in and was about to speak again, he noticed something behind him.

Looking back suddenly, the black muzzle of the gun was facing him.

"Player?" Tang Cuo was expressionless.

"It's true!" The man nodded immediately, and a drop of cold sweat almost slipped from his temples.

"Why follow us into the copy?"

"You, what are you talking about?"

The man laughed, but Tang Cuo couldn't hold back his cold eyes, those black and white eyes seemed to be able to see through his heart.But the men really didn't have any malicious intentions, they wanted to take the music, but they didn't want to die in the dungeon, so they found a middle way - to enter together with Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo, hugging their thighs.

They all agreed that if it was these two big shots, at least they wouldn't play tricks on their teammates in the dungeon.This is why he dared to open the door and come in when he judged that the opponent was not his original teammate.

But now it seems that this boss is a little different from what they thought.

The next moment, Tang Cuo did something that surprised him even more.He took out a brown pill from his windbreaker pocket and threw it over, saying coldly, "Eat it."

The man caught it, "What is this?"

"Delayed onset of poison, as long as you are obedient, you will not die."

"You, you forced me to take poison?"

"You can also choose to die now."

"you!"

The man was on his back for a moment, because he could clearly feel the killing intent in Tang Cuo's eyes, and Tang Cuo's finger had already pulled the trigger.

With one shot, he might be able to blow his head off, but can he dodge it?

This is the man next to the famous Jin Cheng!

The man started to get scared, and subconsciously wanted to back away from Tang Cuo's stare, and finally managed to keep himself from collapsing.But he was already in a dilemma, the air around him was almost frozen, and his heartbeat and his increasingly heavy breathing were all around his ears.

"Three." Tang Cuo began to count down.

"two."

"I'll take it! I'll take it from the head office!" The man threw his heart out, opened his mouth and swallowed the pill without even tasting the taste.When Tang Cuo put down the gun, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave him another hard look, regretting so much that his intestines were green.

This boss is not only a little different from what they think, but completely different!

And if Jin Cheng was here, he would definitely be able to tell that the pill just now was Tang Cuo's chocolate beans.Sweet and crunchy when bitten down.