Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

    With the sound of the second hand in the sky, the entire desert began to reverse. Xu Rendong grabbed Lian Qiao's hand and jumped onto the pipe. As soon as he got to the center of gravity, he was a little unstable, and he was hugged by Lian Qiao.

    "Keep your balance." Lian Qiao tied one end of the climbing rope in a dead knot on his wrist, and then taught him to lower his center of gravity, "The pipe will slowly fall down in a while, and we will start going up. run."

    Xu Rendong suddenly became enlightened.

    Yes! The last time the hourglass was turned upside down, they watched the pipe slant. This should be an optical illusion, because they use the sand they are in as a frame of reference, and the sand is flowing, causing them to look at the pipe at a different angle.

    However, as the sand flows, the direction of gravity they feel changes.

    Xu Rendong remembers that the first thing they felt when the hourglass flipped over was the suction from behind—no, or rather, the gravity from behind!

    It stands to reason that if the direction of gravity does not change, it should always be perpendicular to the pipe. They should always feel a downward force. But in fact, when the hourglass flips, the direction of gravity suddenly changes ninety degrees.

    And the hourglass turned exactly ninety degrees!

    This shows that the source of gravity is the bottom of the hourglass! Once the hourglass starts to reverse, gravity will turn first! That's why they have the illusion of being "pulled back by some kind of gravitational force"!

    In fact, it is not "after", but "under"!

    Then this time the gravity flips - it's perpendicular to the pipe again!

    Lian Joe is really smart. Although he didn't solve the puzzle this time, as long as he lightly tapped it, he was instantly enlightened, and he had already figured out a solution.

    Sure enough, as the clicking sound became more frequent, Xu Rendong felt that her body was slowly getting lighter.

    The change in the direction of gravity made both of them feel light on their feet and lost their balance. Fortunately, Lian Qiao was already prepared. He used the climbing rope to go around the pipe, tied a knot in the middle, and held both ends in the hands of two people. In this way, even if you lose your balance and fall off the pipe, you can pull it back against the climbing rope.

    "Run!"

    Lian Qiao gave an order, and the two began to run up the pipe.

    It's a wonderful feeling. Xu Rendong felt like an astronaut without clothes. Even though the pipe was standing upright, he was able to step on the pipe and run up instead of sliding down.

    He heard the sound of sand flowing behind him, and couldn't help but turn his head to see an extremely spectacular sight.

    The entire desert floats.

    The gravel rose slowly, swaying at first, like thousands of dandelions scattered in the air. With the inclination of the angle and the increase of gravity, the gravel became like rain falling to the sky, flying straight and fast into the sky.

    The whole world — fell.

    The two were shocked by this breathtaking beauty, and kept turning back while running, staring at the magnificent sand and rain.

    Yes, the desert has become sand. One after another, falling into the sky.

    Inadvertently, Xu Rendong met Lian Qiao's gaze. Both of them saw the uncontrollably excited smiles on each other's faces.

    "I suddenly want to sing you a song!" Lian Qiao shouted with a smile.

    "Go back and sing—" Xu Rendong also responded with a smile, "Wait for us to go out together!"

    "Okay—" Lian Qiao frowned.

    So the two of them stopped being distracted, and took the time to run towards the other end of the pipe.

    The change in the direction of gravity made the two of them walk on the wall as if walking on the ground. The wall of the pipe is very smooth, but luckily it has Lian Qiao's climbing rope for protection. Xu Rendong slipped down several times, but was dragged up by Lian Qiao, avoiding the tragedy of going up with Sha Yu.

    Running on the tube wall is much easier than trekking in the desert, but it is a desert climate after all, dry and hot. The two ran all the way, panting like dogs. I don't know how long it took, but my eyes finally lit up.

    It's the door!

    I saw a dark golden gate floating on the edge of the pipe. The metal texture is warm and cool, standing in the middle of the scorching flames, out of place.

    The scorching sun scorched the sand and the wind to the extreme heat. The two of them ran wild for a while, and their dry mouth was no longer enough to describe. They only felt that the lobes of their lungs were about to be scorched, and the cells in their bodies were like poached eggs on a frying pan, sizzling.

    "What's written on the door?" Honeysuckle panted slightly, her vision blurred.

    "He...fire...is 'autumn'!" After confirming the words on the dark gold gate, Lian Qiao murmured thoughtfully, "It really is four o'clock..."

     Honeysuckle said in confusion: "Spring, summer, autumn and winter plus long summer, obviously there are five, why is it four o'clock?"

    Lian Qiao said: "If there is no long summer, I would also think that what is written on the door is ordinary spring, summer, autumn and winter. But since there is a long summer, it corresponds to the five internal organs."

    Honeysuckle is still confused.

    The clicking sound in mid-air was over, and the desert was calm again. Standing on the metal platform, Lian Qiao felt that there was no danger here, so he patiently explained to Ren Dong.

    He took out his mobile phone, quickly typed in the five words "spring, summer, long summer, autumn and winter", then pointed to "spring" and said: "In ancient times, the four seasons were The east, west, northwest correspond. For example, spring corresponds to the east, and the corresponding color is blue.”

     Honeysuckle nodded. He has also heard about blue dragons and white tigers in the southeast, northwest, and northwest. The question is why there is more "Long Xia"?

    "As for this Chang Xia..." Lian Qiao thought about it, and wrote "中" under the word "Chang Xia".

    As soon as he finished writing, Ren Dong couldn't help but read: "Southeast, northwest...white?"

    Lian Qiao laughed out loud: "No, no, this is not in mahjong... Well, it cannot be said that it is not at all. The south-east, north-west wind in mahjong is actually related to ancient Chinese philosophy. Correspondence. In fact, there are really only four of these directions and seasons, but in order to correspond with the five elements, 'Changxia' and 'Zhong' are added to them."

    Honeysuckle suddenly blessed the soul: "Does this correspond to the five internal organs?"

    "Yes." Lian Qiao showed a happy smile of "I'm a great partner", "In this case, we can make up this correspondence."

    He wrote these five lines on the sand:

    Spring—Wood—Liver—East.

    Summer - Fire - Heart - South.

    Changxia—earth—spleen—central.

    Autumn - Gold - Lung - West.

    Winter - Water - Kidney - North.

    Xu Rendong stared at the five-line characters for a long time: "No wonder there are so many corpses with their guts hollowed out along the way."

    Lian Qiao sighed: "I'm afraid they have all been sacrificed."

    Xu Rendong's mind flashed a flash of lightning and subconsciously looked at the door. In the engraved pattern, the scarlet blood is shocking. The blood must have been stained not long ago. Xu Rendong stretched out his hand, the dark brown blood was still a little sticky.

    He suddenly remembered the message he wanted to convey before the fresh dead ghost who tragically died in the bathroom in the fire mall disappeared.

    It was not "South", but the unfinished "Xian"! That person wanted to remind them that only the sacrifice of organs can open the door to the next level, and also to warn them-

    Someone is going against them!

    Where do the organs come from? Of course from the living!

    I don't know how many players there are in this instance. Regardless of the total number, I am afraid most of them are folded in the dark forest. There are very few people who can enter the second gate of the "heart gate", not to mention that there are three gates of "earth", "gold" and "water" behind.

    No wonder Lian Joe collects fresh corpses on the side of the pipe, because there will never be enough organs.

    It can be seen that the murderer who hollowed out the guts must be waiting for them in front!

    At this point, Xu Rendong froze suddenly.

    In this dungeon, in addition to the gentleman, there is another murderer.

    He recalled the excited and bloodthirsty look in the gentleman's eyes when he saw the dismembered corpse. At this moment, he suddenly understood the gentleman's thoughts.

    This is a murderer who sees a murderer, with tears in her eyes.

    I just don't know if these two murderers will sympathize with each other, kill each other, or hold some kind of perverted killing contest?

    Honeysuckle told Lian Qiao what she thought, and Lian Qiao shook his head and said, "Don't try to understand what the killer is thinking. When you fully understand him, you are not far from being a pervert."

    He made a lot of sense.

    Behind the golden gate, there is still a thick white fog that can't be opened, and there is no danger behind the white fog.

    Lian Qiao looked at the door and bowed her head dejectedly: "Oh, I thought we were fast enough, but I didn't expect someone to be faster than us!"

    Xu Rendong said: "The front two doors were opened long ago by others, and it is normal to maintain the lead now."

    Lian Qiao: "I wonder if the first person to open the door can get the hidden reward..."

    Xu Rendong was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that they hadn't started with hidden props for a long time.

    Except for the brass key in the first nesting doll copy and Lamia's eyeball in the second copy, they came out empty-handed a few times later.

    Just kidding, you have to do your best just to come out alive, how can you find hidden props?

    Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao have been together for a long time, and they have also played a lot of games together. At this time, I understand Lian Qiao's obsession with hidden achievements. What's more, Lamia's eyeballs are so easy to use, if there is no such thing, he may have a nervous breakdown in the butterfly copy.

    So he thought for a while, and said, "Why don't we just walk along the pipeline to have a look?"

    The location of the Golden Gate is not at the end of the pipeline. There is a long pipeline behind it, which extends into the clouds. I don’t know what is behind the clouds.

    Lian Qiao's eyes lit up, eager to try. But soon he shook his head again.

    "No, it's too late. If we keep running forward, we won't be able to run back before the hourglass flips again. Then the direction of gravity will change again, and we won't be able to come back."

    Xu Rendong thought: What are you afraid of?

    But he couldn't say it.

    So he looked into Lian Qiao's eyes and said earnestly, "With me here, you don't need to hide items. I'm your strongest item."

    Lian Qiao was amused by his sudden confession, reached out and rubbed his hair, and said sweetly: "Well, it's enough for me to have you. My Jiuguan boss."

    Xu Rendong: "..." How dare you RUA the head of the boss when you worship the boss! What a system!

    The two men repaired in front of the door for a while, and after regrouping, they stepped into the fog side by side.

    The cool, moist mist permeates the skin, making it indescribably cold.

    He stopped abruptly before he finished speaking.

    The white mist just dissipated. Ren Dong looked around in surprise, only to see Lian Qiao covering her mouth with a strange expression.

    "What's the matter?" Seeing his strange expression, Ren Dong became alert subconsciously. Looking around, it is a wilderness. The wasteland is littered with sparse stone and dead trees, the weeds are chlorosis, and it is bleak.

    The view of this wasteland is surprisingly wide. At a glance, Ren Dong didn't see anything that could pose a threat, but even Qiao's face became worse and worse, and his expression became solemn.

    Lian Qiao spread out the palm covering her mouth without waiting for Honeysuckle to ask again. When Ren Dong looked down, there was actually a small pool of blood in the palm of his hand!

     Honeysuckle was startled and was about to speak when she heard a whimpering wind. Then there was a pain in his face. He reached out to touch it subconsciously, and his expression changed greatly.

    Blood.

    There was an extra hole on his face!

    "...Someone ambushing?" Xu Rendong looked around in amazement. However, with them as the center, in a radius of several hundred meters, there is nothing but dry grass. There were no rocks or trees to hide in.

    Lian Qiao slowly shook his head: "Not a person."

    Honeysuckle: "Ghost?"

    "I'm afraid... I'm afraid it's not..." Before even Qiao finished speaking, he suddenly covered his mouth and coughed. Soon, blood oozes from his fingers.

    Honeysuckle turned pale with fright, just opened her mouth, and suddenly felt that her throat was cut by a knife. A tear-like sore stretched from the throat all the way into the lungs. He also covered his mouth and coughed violently.

    "Cough cough, cough..."

    The two coughed for a while, and their hands were full of blood. After finally coughing for a while, the two were surprised to find that there were several more **** holes on the other's face.

    The blood was very shallow, like being scratched by a cat. It's just that this cat has a very bad temper. In the blink of an eye, it scratched the faces of the two of them more than a dozen times, and blood was seen every time.

    Lian Qiao was stunned for a moment, suddenly thought of something, took off his coat decisively, and pulled Honeysuckle to his side:

    "Quick! Climb in!"

    Honeysuckle reacted quickly and hid in the coat with Lian Qiao.

    The two seemed to be sheltering from the rain at this time, but there was no rain in the wilderness except for the whistling wind. Still, every now and then, the bare palms felt tingling. Occasionally there was a sound of torn fabrics on the coat, as if invisible knives were flying in the air.

    "Sure enough..."

    The two were so close that even Joe's lips almost rubbed the earlobe of Honeysuckle. The slightly deep voice is like caressing the eardrum.

    "...is the wind." Lian Qiao said.

    At this time, both of them had more than a dozen cuts on their faces, and their bodies were not much better. In fact, these superficial wounds are all fine. The key is that the air inhaled into the lungs also seems to carry a knife, scraping the lobes of the lungs alive, so they vomit blood one after another.

    Xu Rendong couldn't help but want to sigh, but he didn't dare to take a deep breath, so he could only whisper: "Is autumn so terrible?"

    Lian Qiao said, "It's a bit of a hindrance to sight." He tried to pull his jacket away a little bit, but as soon as he showed his face, a thorn in his forehead made him quickly retract his head.

    Xu Rendong frowned: "This wind is too evil. Be careful, don't hurt your eyes."

    Lian Qiao: "I'm not worried about the wind."

    "Huh?"

    "I was thinking, where are the people who are walking in front of us hiding?"

    In an instant, Xu Rendong's mind was like a flash of lightning, and many clues were connected in series, pointing to the same answer.

    He couldn't help but blurt out: "Gentlemen and murderers are waiting for us to deliver..."

    The voice did not fall, Xu Rendong suddenly felt a chill. Immediately afterwards, Lian Qiao's terrified and angry expression came into view.

    Xu Rendong touched her back subconsciously, it was hot and full of blood. He touched a knife.

     Unlike the invisible blade in the wind, it is a real sharp knife. The blade completely sank into his back, almost rubbing his spine. In an instant, he seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and his whole body fell down softly.

    Before he fell, Lian Joe jumped up and hugged him, and at the same time let out a roar that didn't sound like a human voice behind him.

    "You actually - I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

    Seeing Lian Qiao's instantly soaring murderous aura, Xu Rendong suddenly felt very far away. He felt like a bystander, feeling no pain, no sadness and unwillingness. He saw Lian Qiao's eyes reddened with anger and murderous intent, and he felt like he was looking at a stranger.

    He even thought to himself with some self-deprecation: Have I opened my mouth too much?