Infinite weird games

Zeiss had expected this.

As the number of clear copies increases, the quality of the players he encounters will become higher and higher, and it will be difficult for him to take advantage of them as easily as before.

All he can do is to extract tiny benefits bit by bit on the basis of an equal treaty, and secretly watch for opportunities to gain the upper hand in cooperation.

Qisi put his hands on his knees and tapped them repeatedly: "Interesting, you offered to cooperate, but you asked for a lot. Are you so sure that I will not reject your request?"

Huang Xiaofei raised his eyebrows: "You draw up the terms and I sign them. This is fair. What's more, I have a way out. If it doesn't work out, I will give up solving the puzzle and trigger the guaranteed death toll mechanism to clear the level - you know, although the cost is extremely high, I can do this.”

A blackened page appeared in her hand. The edges were rough and uneven, and she didn't know what the raw material was.

Under Qiss's gaze, she picked up a black pen and copied the terms of the contract on the page. However, she did not rush to sign her name, but turned her inquiring eyes to Qiss.

Two seconds later, Qiss chuckled and waved his hand to disperse the shadow of the long bloody scroll: "You are right. Although I have the key information and the solution to the puzzle, it is difficult for me to execute it successfully with my own strength. I really need your help. strength."

Huang Xiaofei smiled, put the page on her palm, and signed three big characters with a pen: "I can promise you that in this copy, I will provide you with the maximum help within a reasonable range."

The conditions for the effect of an ordinary contract are not strict, and a verbal agreement can also be effective, let alone one written on paper.

At this moment, a cold electronic sound sounded in the ears of both contracting parties:

[The contract has been signed. This contract is guaranteed by the rules of the world and cannot be violated by any existence]

The two people who had been criticizing each other not long ago shook hands and made peace. Sun Dekuan was stunned beside him and couldn't help but slap himself lightly.

Should I be called a veteran player? This time, I learned how to play with Hou Hei...

Huang Xiaofei calmly folded the pages, put them in her arms, and said with a smile: "I hope we can have a happy cooperation."

Qisi’s eyebrows were curved and the corners of his mouth were raised: “I also hope that we can trust each other.”

In the next ten minutes, he recounted what he saw during the day, including Sun Dekuan's speculation on the chronological background, the tadpoles in the kitchen and the pond where Cheng Xiaoyu led the way, and... the last scene that was similar to time travel.

He concealed the matter of collecting some tadpoles in a sugar bowl without leaving a trace, so Sun Dekuan naturally didn't have to talk too much.

Huang Xiaofei said: "The copy of the medical record I gave you is authentic. In addition, I also found some records pointing to the plan of going out to explore at night."

"The duty record mentions that the hospital's nurses have to take turns to patrol the corridors at night. The person whose turn is their turn will hang a duty sign around their neck, which is probably the key to night operations. Sometimes there are some patients or doctors in the hospital who have to be on duty at night. If I leave urgently at night, I think I will ask the dean for approval..."

Within the constraints of the contract, these words are undoubtedly true.

Huang Xiaofei paused and looked at Qisi: "It's too late today. Tomorrow we can split up to explore the duty room and the dean's office - did you see any offices or the like along the way?"

Qisi nodded slightly, lowered his head and flipped through the four papers in his hand that contained medical records.

Huang Xiaofei's handwriting is very sloppy, but fortunately, the wording is clear and precise, and the specific content can be seen clearly.

The medical record belonging to "Cheng An" clearly states "sickness", and the treatment method says "to be determined", which seems suspicious no matter how you look at it.

Huang Xiaofei and Lu Zimo's symptoms were the same as they judged on the first day, and the treatment methods were surgery on the fifth day. Combined with the message that those cursed by frogs will die on the operating table, it's no wonder they're eager to seek cooperation.

Sun Dekuan also needed surgery, which was also scheduled for the fifth day.

He leaned close to Qisi, and after seeing the word "ligation" written on the medical record, he cried sadly: "I didn't say it, I didn't do it in reality, why can't I escape in the copy?"

This copy is clearly related to fertility. Although this development is unfortunate, it is also reasonable.

Qisi returned the medical record to Huang Xiaofei and said calmly: "If nothing else happens, we will all die on the operating table on the fifth day. We must complete the current task before the operation. There must be other treatments for this copy." Disease method."

"Of course, we can also give up the current mission directly, complete the main mission in advance, and leave the dungeon."

"Lin Chen said on the phone yesterday that there is a baby statue in the middle of the pond over there, which should be the so-called 'Holy Son'. We just need to find a way to get to them, or let them come to our side. That’s it.”

"I guess that the two scenes of Blue Frog Hospital and Green Frog Hospital are closely related, and are even connected to each other. I just don't know where the passage is."

Basically anyone can deduce this conclusion based on the known information.

Huang Xiaofei pondered for a moment, lit a cigarette, and said quietly: "I suspect that the essence of this copy is a small ghost realm."

"You just said that after you came out of the room, the attitude of all NPCs towards you returned to the day before. In addition to being weird, most of the details of a copy based on large-scale supernatural events will be as common sense as possible. So rough."

"It can only maintain a one-day cycle, and it cannot erase the player's memory. It is at best a small-scale whirlpool. Although it will continue to involve nearby creatures, it is not difficult to deal with it as long as the crux is found."

Sun Dekuan blinked twice and said "Ah": "Didn't I say that this is a 'small' and 'not difficult to deal with'? Two spaces, different tasks. Last night, I was chased and beaten twice by a frog and a pregnant woman ghost." Bo, this is pretty simple, what are the copies you encountered before?"

"That's not how it works. The Ghost Realm is a Ghost Realm, and the dungeon is a dungeon. In the final analysis, the mission is assigned to us by Weird Games, and does not belong to the Ghost Realm itself."

Huang Xiaofei showed more patience than yesterday and shook her head slightly: "We encountered so many dangers last night, but we did not suffer any substantial damage. Do you think this ghost realm doesn't want to kill us?"

It turned out that there was another reason... Qisi suddenly understood what was going on with the violation he had noticed before.

His feeling was correct. In this dungeon, the game system and the dungeon itself were not one and the same. Rather, the players seemed to be sent to this dungeon world as pawns by a strange game to explore and do some things.

The failure rate and the existence of various endless tasks are all urging players to carry out actions secretly and actively.

Qiss sat aside and listened casually, with an attitude that he had known for a long time. At the same time, he took the time to store the information that could not be seen in the forum into the palace of thought.

Sun Dekuan was also lost in thought, his eyes gradually straightened, as if he was distracted.

In the silence, Lu Zimo explained softly: "My sister guessed that this ghost realm is too weak, and the extra casualties are also a burden to it, so it will ignore us as much as possible."

Sun Dekuan scratched his head: "Doesn't that mean we won't die no matter what?"

The other three people unanimously cast their child-friendly eyes at him.

Huang Xiaofei held the cigarette between her fingers and blew out the smoke: "What determines our life and death is a weird game from beginning to end. If the mission fails, or the failure rate is full, we will all die."

“Dingling bell…Dingling bell…”

The old-fashioned telephone rang suddenly, piercing the gloomy and depressing air.

Qisi stood up and walked to the table in the corner and picked up the phone.

…

Green Frog Hospital, staff quarters.

Lin Chen sat by the phone and described as clearly as possible into the microphone: "Brother Cheng, we asked some people in a roundabout way this morning. It seems that those farmed tadpoles are used for contraception, and many hospitals purchase them from us. "

"Tadpole contraception is not openly advocated. It is said to be feudal superstition, but it seems to be very effective, so most hospitals secretly transport tadpoles... This may sound a bit outrageous, but this copy is designed like this. It’s determined…”

Just after breakfast in the morning, the three of them divided into two groups. Yu Kun and Lin Chen were responsible for exploring the entire hospital and inquiring about news; the female teacher took on the task of raising frogs alone and guarding the hospital's pond.

One of Lin Chen and Yu Kun was responsible for questioning, and the other was responsible for being the door god to scare the NPC. They cooperated quite well and were very efficient. They quickly figured out everything they could find out.

They returned to the pond, but inexplicably triggered the main mission of "Searching for the Virgin Statue", and were inexplicably teleported back to the staff dormitory.

Yu Kun judged that the statue of Our Lady was at the Blue Frog Hospital. The reason why he was so happy to ask Lin Chen to call and report the discovery was because he wanted to test the tone of Qisi and others.

At this moment, the female teacher huddled in the corner of the bed, covering her head with the quilt, and did not listen to what was going on outside the window. Yu Kun was playing with the shiny white dagger, sitting on the table and staring at Lin Chen eagerly.

Qisi asked: "How is the progress of your mission? I found a bucket of tadpoles here, and I should be able to find a way to make the NPC eat more."

Lin Chen felt the concern in his words and swallowed: "Our side shows that 280 tadpoles have been eaten, and there are still 720 tadpoles short of the mission goal..."

"By the way, those tadpoles may cause some bad situations. The NPC here is very secretive about the tadpoles, and also asked us to be careful not to eat tadpoles by mistake. It seems that there are parasites..."

On the phone, Qisi's voice was gentle and calm: "Thank you for your hard work, we also got some information that we don't know whether it is true or false. It is said that people who hurt frogs will be cursed by frogs. Many patients have died from the curse, and the cursed ones One of the triggers is eating tadpoles.”

Finally, he smiled and said, "Of course, I'm curious who will be cursed if you feed a frog and eat a tadpole."

The boss still loves to joke so much... Lin Chen curled his lips with some nostalgia, but did not forget about the business: "Brother Cheng, we have triggered a new main mission here, which is [Looking for the Statue of the Virgin]."

"As I mentioned before, the stone statue of the baby in the center of our pond should be the Son. I guess next, we need to find a way to combine the statues of the Virgin and the Son."

Qiss smiled and said: "What a coincidence, the newly refreshed main mission here happens to be [Looking for the Statue of the Holy Son]. It seems that we have to find a way to meet with the statue."

"Meet?"

Lin Chen followed Yu Kun to explore the entire hospital and had already discovered that the hospital was completely sealed and there was no road leading to the outside world.

Players from Green Frog Hospital and Blue Frog Hospital could not meet each other. He realized this at the time and was disappointed for a while.

But now listening to Qisi’s words, it seems possible to meet?

Lin Chen reviewed the clues from the beginning, but still couldn't think of a way to leave the hospital. But he believed from the bottom of his heart that Ziss must have discovered the key to breaking the situation.

After all, that was Qiss who took his TE to clear the copy of "Rose Manor"...

"Well, from the perspective of the main mission, this is the simplest solution." Zisi said, "We found that the essence of this copy is a small ghost realm, and its power is weaker than "Rose Manor", so it can only be used in one day. time loop for the unit.”

"This kind of ghost realm is not difficult to deal with. As long as the crux can be found, it can be easily cracked. It is not necessarily impossible for the two spaces to overlap and connect."

Qisi repeated the information he just learned from Huang Xiaofei, lowered his eyes and sighed: "Remember, what determines our life and death is always a weird game."

Listening to the calm and calm attitude on the other side of the phone, Lin Chen's anxious heart calmed down a little.

He seemed to understand and wrote down the information, and asked: "Brother Cheng, what is the crux of this kind of small ghost domain?"

Qiss said calmly: "I'm not sure. More clues are needed to verify it. But I feel it may be related to the pond."

"We also got a clue here, [Blue Frog Hospital breeds blue frogs, Green Frog Hospital breeds green frogs], but in fact, there are two kinds of frogs in every hospital."

"This just proves that there is a hidden passage in the hospital that is difficult for humans to find, but frogs can easily pass through."

Lin Chen nodded slightly, already having a specific idea of ​​what to do next in his mind: "Yeah! Brother Cheng, I'll go to the pond tomorrow to have a look!"

Even he himself didn't notice that the anxiety that was originally overflowing in his heart disappeared after this phone call.

It seems that as long as Qis is here, everything will get better, and even the most difficult puzzles can be solved...

"Pay attention to safety. No matter what happens, life comes first." Zis's voice did not rise and fall, but it had a soothing power. "We will try to explore more places tomorrow and try to operate at night. , explore the details of this ghost realm..."

"Dong dong dong!" The dormitory door was suddenly knocked roughly.

Immediately afterwards, a sharp female voice rang out: "You devils! Give me back my child!"

"My child, my child..."

This voice had its own echo, as if it were spoken from countless mouths together and merged into one.

The phone in my hand stopped at some point, leaving only a series of "beep" busy signals.

Lin Chen put the microphone away with trembling hands and looked towards the direction from which the sound came.

I saw dark red blood pouring into the room from the crack of the door beside the closed door, and spreading in all directions at an unreasonable speed...