Infinite weird games

After Qisi appeared in the sight of Lin Chen and Tang Yu, a gap quietly appeared in the bamboo forest where they had been unable to find a way, just enough for the two of them to pass through.

The path he took when he came here reappeared in front of Qisi, and the other end led directly to the soles of their feet.

Scarecrows with human faces painted on them stood on both sides of the road, like attendants welcoming and seeing off guests, quiet and sleepy.

When the wind blows, the bamboo poles and the scarecrow sway together without making any strange noises or turning, as if the scene surrounding the player before was just an illusion.

Zis, who arrived late, was like a beam of light that pierced the illusion. Just standing there brought the two players who were trapped in the nightmare back to reality.

"Brother Lin!" Lin Chen subconsciously raised his feet and walked towards the figure in red outside the bamboo forest.

Tang Yu grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Wait a moment, be careful of fraud."

It's not uncommon for ghosts to pretend to be players and deceive them, so it's always a good idea to be cautious.

Lin Chen retracted his feet and stood next to Tang Yu.

Then I heard Qisi chuckle in the distance: "You are very vigilant, how about the following information? Tang Yu, a former Kyushu guild player, was expelled for accidentally injuring his companions..."

He turned his attention to Tang Yu, who had a tense face at the right time: "Let's get acquainted again. Lin Ya and I are cousins. We have not joined the guild for the time being, but we obtained team-building props from a certain channel and were able to form a team to enter the dungeon."

First, repeat the content that only the player knows, to rule out the suspicion of fake ghosts; then explain some information about yourself, convey goodwill, and shorten the distance - a very sophisticated and efficient way of communication.

Tang Yu tugged Lin Chen's sleeve tightly and asked casually: "Lin Wen, would you like to do some popular science? Before, Lin Ya and I ran around for a long time without going out. You will have a way out as soon as you come, what? A principle?”

"Principle, it's actually nothing special." Qisi half-closed his eyes and answered patiently, "Do you still remember what the scholar said before, don't get too close to the funeral procession and you must stand ten feet away?

"You may think that is alarmist, lest the players find important clues. But in my opinion, the scholar may not have much ill will towards us. He suggested that we go out of town with the funeral procession because he probably hopes that we will find something.

"I guess, being too close to the funeral procession can easily lead to hallucinations, just like you are now. And ten feet is a safe distance that will not be affected."

He said, pointing to the ground in front of him: "Look, I am exactly ten feet away from you now.

"I am outside the illusion, and you are inside the illusion, but the Wood Crow can hear my voice through the team props, and naturally reconnects with the real world outside the illusion, and can use me as an anchor to break through the illusion.

"This also proves that the props we bring in from outside the dungeon will not be affected by the mechanism of this dungeon."

"So that's it." Tang Yu nodded in awe and joked, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have set the mountain on fire if I was desperate."

He took a step forward and was about to walk out of the bamboo forest along the path paved with white stones. However, he saw Qisi in the distance clearly taking a big step back, always keeping a distance of ten feet from him.

"Lin Wen, what are you..."

"Before you walk out of the bamboo forest, I need you to help me complete an experiment."

Qisi looked at Tang Yu, his scarlet eyes reflected the glimmer of light, making people subconsciously listen to and believe his words: "It's not a too complicated experiment. You just need to pick a scarecrow at random and chop it with the sword on your waist." One knife will do the trick.”

After two seconds of silence, Tang Yu came back to his senses. He seemed to finally understand what Qisi meant, and his eyes widened: "Huh? You are an old player too, right? You finally got them to turn off, and you have to If you take the initiative to provoke someone, is this because you think you have a long life?

"What if I got into trouble and was hunted down by an entire dungeon? You know, when I was surrounded before, I only dared to cut bamboos, not them..."

Chiss said "Oh" and took a step back.

In an instant, Tang Yu saw that the scene around him was like an ink painting dripping with clear water. The green and black colors spread in the air, undergoing expansion and contraction in just a few seconds, and gradually blurred into a ball.

The road that had just appeared was painted the color of a bamboo forest, and the gaps were filled in the blink of an eye with fine bamboo poles. The scarecrows on both sides were twisted and arranged in a circle, surrounding Tang Yu and Lin Chen like a fence.

The real world seems to exist with Chis as the center, and everything within a radius of ten feet is a realm of weirdness and illusion. And after Qisi left, so did the world.

"Fuck! Lin Wen, I'm going to fuck you..." Tang Yu was about to curse when he saw the scarecrow dispersed again and the road reappeared.

Qisi, dressed in red, stood at the end of the road with a gentle and harmless smile: "I'm sorry, my foot slipped just now and I accidentally took a step back. I didn't expect that the mechanism of this copy is so precise. The distance of ten feet cannot be more." Can not be less."

This is obviously telling lies.

Lin Chen heard Qisi's reminder in his mind long before Qisi took a step back, so although he felt that Qisi's behavior was a bit radical, he was not surprised.

Tang Yu was slapped by Qisi without any warning, and he laughed angrily: "Can't you just tell me something? You want to try chopping up the scarecrow, can't you do it yourself?

"Put me out to stand at your place as a landmark. I'll lend you my knife. You come over to my place and pick a scarecrow and chop it with a knife..."

"Um, Brother Lin, Brother Tang..." Lin Chen raised his hand cautiously, "How about I give it a try? I've always been very lucky. Maybe nothing will happen if I chop it off..."

He knew that Qisi had helped him a lot, and he would always stand by Qisi's side no matter what; and Tang Yu didn't feel bad getting along with him, and he was very protective of him in every detail... After weighing the two, All we can do is make peace with each other.

Qisi sighed: "Lin Crow, you didn't chop anyone with a knife last night, how can you do a controlled experiment?"

Lin Chen was at a loss for words. He really couldn't figure out how to cut down the scarecrow.

Tang Yu heard the implication of Qisi's words, calmed down a little, and said, "I kind of understand what you want to do. It's not impossible to help you do experiments. I have to know what clues you found before I came up with this idea, right?" "

"I know about the same as you, but I just want to verify a guess."

Qisi met Tang Yu's gaze without evading it: "Aren't you curious about what kind of existence the citizens of Yanghua Town are like, and why there are shadows?"

"You mean..."

"It's hard to say for now. You'll have to try it before you know."

Qisi raised his left hand and showed the [Destiny Pocket Watch] on his wrist for Tang Yu to look at: "You don't have to worry about your life being in danger. I have a tool that can go back one minute. When you encounter a situation that is difficult to deal with, Can be activated at any time.

"You can believe that I have no reason to harm you, and I am willing to ensure your survival within a certain limit. After all, I hope to survive with my cousin, and I cannot take the NE clearance route that triggers the guaranteed death toll mechanism.

"I don't know how long it will be until the end of the dungeon. If I want to pass TE with the least casualties, I need the strength of you, an experienced and powerful former Kyushu Guild core player.

"And just like we can't leave you, you are very weak on your own. If you want to achieve something, you can't do it without our help. This is a team copy, isn't it?"

Qisi's words are sincere and sincere, not empty words, but a pragmatic analysis from the perspective of interests. Although cold, they are extremely credible.

No permanent friends, only permanent interests. Most of the old players who have survived to this day know the truth.

Tang Yu stared for a long time and nodded slightly, which was regarded as acknowledgment of Qisi's words.

"Okay, okay, okay." He said "OK" three times in a row, turned around and paced back and forth in front of a row of scarecrows, and finally stopped in front of a scarecrow wearing a black raincoat.

It was a scarecrow transformed by a newly deceased old man.

Lin Chen watched a little nervously from the side, and involuntarily began to replay Qisi's words in his mind.

‘No matter what, I will be the one who wants you to live until the end. ’

'I want you to live and I will do everything I can to keep you alive until the end. ’

'I will do my best to help you survive...'

Will you survive? The weird game changes rapidly, who can guarantee that someone will survive to the end?

The context and tone of Qisi's words were too weird. Lin Chen always had a bad feeling that the young man might do something crazy, such as...killing other players.

"Brother Tang..." Lin Chen called out hesitantly.

"What's wrong?" Tang Yu didn't look back. As he spoke, he raised the knife and cut the scarecrow in half with a "sand" sound.

The straw at the break exploded fluffily, and the scarecrow's lower body was still stuck straight in the soil, while the upper half flew out, hit the bamboo pole, and then slid down.

Tang Yu stared at the scarecrow's remains and waited with bated breath for the next development.

Time passed by minute by minute, and nothing unusual happened.

The scarecrow seems to be just an ordinary scarecrow. Except for the weird makeup, there is nothing magical about it. It will not be resurrected and will not cause harm to players who destroy it.

"Do you feel it?" Qisi asked lightly, breaking the silence.

Seeing that Tang Yu was stunned, he added without saltiness: "How does the sound and feel when cutting the scarecrow compare with when you killed the NPC last night?"

At this point, Lin Chen finally understood what Qisi meant by the controlled experiment.

It seemed that he didn't intend to harm Tang Yu. Tang Yu really had to do the job of chopping down the scarecrow.

Tang Yu held the saber, staring at the void somewhere in front of him as if he hadn't heard Qis's words.

He suddenly raised the knife again and looked at the other scarecrow nearby.

"Sand--" The scarecrow's upper half fell down.

Tang Yu turned around and chopped down the third and fourth bodies...

"Sand, sand, sand..."

After five or six experiments like this, Tang Yu put the knife back into the scabbard on his waist, his face as heavy as water: "There is no difference from the sound to the feel. The old man I killed last night must have been a scarecrow."

The previous doubts are now solved.

The ghost attached itself to the scarecrow and took on a form and shadow.

The scarecrow wears only a few types of clothes, so the townspeople's clothing is also very monotonous, and the same profession uses the same image.

The memory follows the trade, which means that the memory belongs to the scarecrow itself.

The ghosts of the townspeople randomly attach themselves to different scarecrows, giving them different identities and corresponding memories.

Lin Chen rubbed his chin and thought: "This makes sense. The trade and the townspeople themselves are separate. The trade is determined by the type of scarecrow. The ghosts of the townspeople attach themselves to different scarecrows and have different identities... …

"That is to say, the number of scarecrows possessed by each ghost is not fixed every day? They will collectively release the possession at a certain time, and then reshuffle the order and randomly select a scarecrow to possess again?

"But if the old man is a ghost, how was he killed by the ghost? His body is a scarecrow, how can the tiger eat it? Eat the straw directly? "

New questions came one after another, Tang Yu shook his head: "I don't know, the clues are too messy. Let's go back to find the scholar. If we can't figure out the problem, maybe we can ask Master Meng at that time."

Lin Chen: Why do you ask Master Meng everything? Hey!

As the two talked, they walked along the path in the bamboo forest one after another.

This time Qi Si did not move, but stood quietly as a landmark.

Lin Chen and Tang Yu soon left the bamboo forest and stood beside Qi Si.

Qisi smiled at the two: "Long time no see."

Tang Yu smiled: "Okay, okay. "

He was half-forced and half-persuaded by Qi Si to do a control experiment. Although he knew the reason behind it, he still felt unhappy.

Moreover, looking at the half-speaking and half-hiding attitude of the young man, he has the potential to become a massacre player.

Lin Chen noticed the stagnation of the atmosphere, and unnoticedly sandwiched between the two of them, and asked: "Brother Lin, Brother Tang, the name of this copy is "Ghost", and our main task is more or less related to tigers, but why do we feel that we are now wandering around the periphery of the clues and haven't even seen the shadow of the tiger? "

"We will see it." Qi Si smiled, "Master Meng led us to Yanghua Town to deal with tigers. Even if we don't want to see tigers, he will let us see them.

"Besides, do you really think that ghosts must be related to tigers? Soldiers who burned, killed and looted during wars, and the executors of massacres, can they also be regarded as ghosts?"

Qis's words were sinister, leaving enough inducement and hints.

"Yes!" Lin Chen nodded repeatedly. "In addition to the earliest allusions, the subsequent extended meaning of the term 'serving a tiger's lackeys' mostly refers to being the lackeys of evil people.

"Every day, one person dies in Yanghua Town in exchange for the safety of others. Are those townspeople who choose to sacrifice the old people in the town with a clear conscience also part of the lackeys?

"Not only that, there is also Mr. Meng who is seeking the skin of the tiger..."

"Lin Wen, what did you find upstairs in the mansion?" Tang Yu interrupted Lin Chen's reading comprehension and looked at Qi Si, "What is the situation of the mansion here? What is the relationship with the mansion over there?"

"Upstairs in the mansion..." Qi Si lowered his eyes and stared at his wide robe sleeves that covered his fingers, "I saw Teacher Luo and the others, and the letters you wrote to them..."