Returning from the abyss

Chapter 358 Opening

[You come from "Wai Lane", which is second only to the "outskirts" garbage area.But these past experiences are no longer important to you, and you know that you have been sold, just as "The Lane" often treats the wounded.

The matter of seeking revenge can only be thought of after living. Fortunately, there are many kinds of people who buy living people from places like "The Alley". Those people came to play a game.

But how many people are forced to play such games?In this hunting ground, are you the hunter or the prey?
Mission objective - to complete the game according to the game rules of Dr. Rawls, and you can choose to return to the distribution center after completion. 】

Attached to the envelope is a medical report and personal files, which are very brief.

Lu Ning was wearing white loose clothes, like pajamas. There was an instrument tied to her right forearm, which looked full of technology. After opening it, there was an LCD screen inside. It hadn't been 5 minutes yet, and the screen was completely black.She doesn't feel any discomfort in her arm - which is good news, at least the mission hasn't sent her into battle with an injury.

Looking around, it can be seen that this is a circular room, the area is not very large, she just woke up from a bed in the room, and there are two beds in this room.

The silver envelope was placed under her head, and there was only so much information on it. After a quick look at her own information, Lu Ning rubbed the envelope according to the last knowledge added, and a pale flame ignited, burning the information. And the envelope was all burned to ashes.

Then, 5 minutes passed.

The instrument on the arm turned on automatically, and the screen lit up, and a man's voice came from inside.

"It's time for you to wake up too, welcome to Dr. Rawls' Four Seasons Garden."

A huge "LCT" logo appeared on the screen, and then jumped to an interface that looked similar to the menu in the game.

"There are a total of 150 seven participants in the Four Seasons Garden. Your backgrounds are different. In short, for various reasons, you were either voluntary, betrayed, or forced to participate in this event. I will explain the details next. the rule of."

The man's voice paused, as if waiting for everyone to react.After about ten seconds, he spoke again:

"The screen in front of you is the most important thing in this garden. The number of stars you have obtained is marked in the upper left corner. You can understand it as currency. Your ultimate goal is to collect [-] coins and buy them in the store. Key], then find the escape area and leave here. The shop menu is the first on the right column.”

Lu Ning took a look, and there was indeed a "shop" option on the right, and the font was quite large.

"Then how do you get stars? Just do missions. There are many mission points in this garden, with values ​​ranging from one star to four stars. Receive random missions at mission points and complete them, and you can get a corresponding amount of Stars. Everyone originally had a star, now click on the store."

Hearing this sentence, Lu Ning poked the option, and the interface immediately changed to a product menu. At the top was the [Escape Key] worth [-] stars. In addition, there were three other products below. .

"The tasks are all completed in the garden, and of course the difficulty is different. In order for you to complete the tasks conveniently, here are five levels of goods for you to purchase. They will also consume your stars, but I believe this investment can It will greatly shorten the time for you to collect [-] stars. Only when your number of stars reaches that level, can you see the corresponding products. There are three kinds of products for each level, and there is no limit to the number of purchases.”

On the screen, you can view the basic introduction of the product.Lu Ning quickly took a look at the three products. Their names were [Heat Source Amplifier], [Spider Sentry] and [Repair Spray].

"We can deliver the purchased goods directly to you, so you don't need to worry about picking up the goods. Next, please pay attention to the mission points. Only one person can receive the mission at each mission point. After the mission is declared successful or failed, the mission point It will cool down for a certain period of time before it can be used again. For long-term combat considerations, there are eight supply points in the garden, where anyone can go there at any time to receive free food and water, as well as solve some physiological problems. "

It's time for a turning point.

Just as Lu Ning thought of this, sure enough, the man's voice immediately became more serious.

"But time is not infinite. In order to urge you to work hard to earn stars and flee, a group of monsters will be released in the garden every two hours. As a response to monsters, you can buy props through the store, and you can also go to the garden to find them. There are a large weapon warehouse and twelve small weapon warehouses, which provide some conventional weapons. If you can kill the leader of these monsters, you will also get some extra stars. Finally, There are sixteen trap points here, once someone triggers the trap, an additional monster will be released regardless of the time limit, please be careful when performing the mission."

A variant of the Battle Royale mode, which doesn't mention the need for people to kill each other at all, but if you think about this rule carefully, you will know that as long as you slightly control the number of missions and the cooldown time, in the case of continuous release of monsters People must choose to kill each other to reduce competitors.

"You still have one last way to get stars."

Arriving here, the man's voice sounded like a demon whispering.

"If you kill someone, you can choose to get all the stars or props on him in your menu [Inheritance]. So please note that unless the owner dies, the props purchased in the store are invalid for others to use .”

That last one really hits the nail on the head.

Lu Ning glanced at the sidebar, [Shop], [Task], [Inheritance], [Props] and [Notes].The functions of the store and inheritance have already been mentioned; the task is to record the current task received; the item is to store the item purchased from the store but not yet delivered to hand; the last note is a simple notepad.

A star in the upper left corner and a slowly beating countdown timer in the lower left corner [1:59:32 from the next monster release] give an inexplicable sense of urgency.Lu Ning raised her eyebrows slightly, and immediately got up and walked out of the room.

Outside is a very wide corridor, the circular room I am in is in the middle of the corridor, and there are two identical rooms along the corridor.

Lu Ning didn't think too long on the left and right sides, and walked directly to the right.

When passing the next circular room, Lu Ning found that there was no door on her side. She cautiously walked around to the other side along the side, and found that the door of this circular room was on the other side. nobody.At the same time, she also saw the one-person-high black machine located between the two circular rooms.

As soon as her eyes lit up, she immediately went up and checked the machine.

It's like an ATM, with an LCD screen on the front and a notch underneath.There is a yellow label on the top of the machine, and a star next to it. This should be the one-star mission machine that the man said.

Judging from the fact that I encountered one just outside the house, maybe there are more mission machines than expected?
Lu Ning put the instrument in her hand close to the groove, and then heard a soft sound, and a row of words flashed across the screen.

[Task level 10: Arrive at one of the supply points in the Autumn Garden within [-] minutes and complete a supply collection. 】

A seemingly innocuous task, not a battle, not a treasure hunt, just looking for a location...

Lu Ning turned her head abruptly, and her eyes fell on the man who was approaching without concealing her footsteps.

This is a short man, also dressed in white, with a short cut, and looks very cunning.

"Ah, I don't mean anything malicious." The man took a step back and quickly raised his hands, "I just heard the voice and came over to take a look."

"I can't believe you mean no harm."

"Hey, hey, the situation in this place is unknown, so why don't you have so much suspicion? You see, I don't have any weapons on me, and I'm not as tall as you... By the way, are you from the alley? Looks a little malnourished."

"who are you?"

"Be quiet, be quiet." The man quickly waved his hand to make Lu Ning speak in a low voice, "You can call me Maoyou, I've been wandering around the streets and alleys all year round, doing...hehe, sneaky business. "

"Cat again?"

"It's not a monster! Bless you. So what, is this a mission machine?" He pointed to the mission machine behind Lu Ning and asked.

"Ah."

Lu Ning gave up her seat while looking at him.Now the screen of the machine has returned to a state where there is nothing, and after accepting the task, the place is temporarily locked.The only worry is that if this man publicizes that he has received a mission, it will be more difficult in the early stage.

Maoyou didn't care about Lu Ning's scrutinizing eyes at all, walked to the machine and touched it curiously, and finally tried to scan his own instrument.The words [locking] appeared on the screen immediately.

"There is no connection port, even if you want to invade it... Haha, it's probably not allowed. What's your name, little girl?"

--can not tell.

Lu Ning didn't find any tourist characteristics in this person. The tourist criteria applicable to the second level seem to be completely inapplicable to the third level. At least the first person she met could not judge the origin.

150 Seven people can't all be tourists, and in such an environment, is it really good to show that you are a tourist?
"My surname is Lu."

Eventually she decided to start "role playing".

A little girl who came from the bottom area, struggled to survive in poverty, and was wary of everything.

"Then I'll call you Xiao Lu. You see, this place is probably created by Dr. Rawls. We have to cooperate to earn stars and get the keys, so two are better than one, right?"

"I don't need to form a team with others." Lu Ning said with a vigilant expression.

"Oh, those who come out of the alleys are difficult... You see, the most worrying thing about people like me is that I am a thief, but the important props here are all owned, and I can't use them if I steal them , what do you have to worry about!"

"You can kill me, not only can you grab things, but you can also grab tasks."

"The rules of [Street] are not so cruel. I suspect that it is more likely to be killed by you in a fight. Well, let me show you one more thing."

After Maoyou finished speaking, he looked around furtively, then reached out and took out a small spray can from his pocket.

"The party that makes the request takes out the chips. This is the rule of the street. I use this proposal to form an alliance. What do you think?"

"what is this?"

"Repair spray." Maoyou said triumphantly, "You can only see the detailed usage after you buy it. This thing can repair anything that has been sprayed on. As long as it can completely cover the damaged place, isn't it amazing?"

"Have you tried it?"

"Try it a little bit." Maoyou waved his arm, "I bit a little bit of skin, then sprayed it on, and it healed up in a few seconds!"

"But the dose in this can is not much."

"Hey, as long as you don't die, you can use this to heal fatal injuries! The previous broadcast didn't mention where to get medicine. This thing is very useful!"

This guy is pretty sharp.

Lu Ning continued to maintain a skeptical look, while thinking quickly in her mind.

From the introduction, the heat source amplifier is an infrared search device, the spider sentry is a small robot with monitoring functions, and the repair spray is a literal repair agent.She didn't buy it, so she couldn't see more detailed information, but judging from the current three, it should be an attack, a defense, and an auxiliary item. I don't know if the same rule will follow.

"I don't believe you would use such a precious thing on someone else."

"One-star stuff! We can buy it again at any time, right? As long as we can complete the task quickly, isn't it okay to have as much as we want?"

"...I can act with you, but you must be within my sight, otherwise there is no talk."

"Oh oh oh, it's not easy for you to let go...Okay! I'll go ahead! Go this way, right?" Maoyou said, and walked in the direction Lu Ning planned to go.

The two walked one after the other, and after passing through the last circular room, they found themselves at a corner.

On the right is another corridor, along which several small rooms are distributed, while on the left is a green circular garden.Looking from the front, there are two circular rooms that are slightly larger than the room where Lu Ning woke up. In the middle of the two rooms, that is, in the center of the circular garden, there is a square column facing the two people. There is a door-shaped depression, and the two sides of the column are painted with green-based patterns of lush vegetation in spring.

"It's spring here, isn't it? Four Seasons Garden?" Maoyou walked over, his footsteps made a rustling sound on the grass blades, but nothing unexpected happened.

"Oh oh oh!!!"

No, it sounds a bit unexpected from this voice.

　This volume is also a tribute to my childhood memories... although the way is a bit strange

　　
　
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