Infinite weird games

On the ninth floor of the tower, Qis opened the door and heard the sound of the surging tide. His ears were instantly filled with surging noises, as if it was raining heavily.

The sea breeze blew in the face with the salty smell of the sea water. He saw himself standing on a black tower. The top of the tower was deep in the clouds. Looking down, he could only see clusters of rolling yellow clouds.

Those yellow clouds sometimes gathered and sometimes dispersed. The different shades formed thick or thin lines, using the sky as a canvas to outline the outline of a huge eye, tightly closed, as if trapped in a long dream.

Hopeless Sea, this is the Hopeless Sea, this tower is the bell tower of the Hopeless Sea, telling the time every two hours...

Fragmented thoughts emerged from Qis's heart. He looked around, but there was nothing around except clouds. He could not find the hotel and the altar. It seemed that there was only him and the bell tower he was in between heaven and earth.

This level is similar to the previous one. The player's activity area is limited to a certain place, so there are no complicated tasks of collecting clues and solving puzzles.

Qis looked around and saw the clock hanging in the center. The hour hand was pointing to eight o'clock and eight minutes.

There was no body of the bell ringer under the clock. The place where the lyrics were originally engraved was written with the rules of this game:

[The great Poseidon is sleeping in this quiet dream. Lost travelers who have strayed into the dream, please leave this tower as soon as possible and don't disturb the sleep of the Lord Poseidon! ]

[The Lord Poseidon will open his eyes every fifty-five minutes and close his eyes and return to sleep after five minutes. When the hour hand pointed to eight o'clock, He just woke up from his sleep. ]

[Now open the iron door and climb down the tower along the steps. Please remember, never act when the Lord Poseidon opens his eyes, and never let Him see you! ]

These words are refreshed on the system interface two seconds after paying attention.

Qi Si looked at the fate pocket watch, and the pointer was indeed stagnant, and the time rewinding effect was also in a forbidden state, just like the situation in the "Hopeless Sea" copy.

The rules of the game clearly tell the player that this is a dream, and people's perception of time in dreams is inaccurate. Although Qi Si can use the pulse to estimate the approximate time, it is not enough to make him 100% sure.

Here, the only thing that can mark the time seems to be the clock hanging in the center, which is not sure whether it is correct or not.

And Qi Si clearly remembers that the "Hopeless Sea" copy played a time trick. The time reported by the clock tower is very different from the real time. The nominal day is actually only eighteen hours...

So... should we continue the clearance idea of ​​the "Hopeless Sea" copy?

It is known that the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" in the previous level has a lot of origins with the "Dialectical Game" copy, and also examines the question of "how to beat yourself in the game". The final solution is to take advantage of the first-hand advantage to seize the initiative of the game, leaving the other self with no choice.

Combined with the scene and mechanism that looked like the Hopeless Sea in front of him, he could basically judge that the various games in the Glazed Tower had a close relationship with the copies of the strange game, just like removing the branches from each huge and complicated copy and cutting out the most core corner to make a collection.

Or, the existing copies were just simple small games in the Glazed Tower at the beginning of their creation. After gradual improvement, the world view and scenes were added on the basis of the core mechanism, and then a rich and colorful copy was constructed.

Is this level, as he guessed, a variation of the core mechanism of the "Hopeless Sea" copy?

The countdown in the upper left corner of the line of sight stagnated, and it was strictly guarded and refused to give additional hints.

Qi Si did not stop and pushed open the iron door covered with rust in the corner of the top of the tower. A few narrow steps were revealed behind the door, but more steps were hidden in the shadows, and the end could not be seen.

He walked down the stairs, the light behind him gradually faded away, and his surroundings were gradually filled with sticky darkness, as if his memory was brought back to the past dungeon. In the same dark and narrow corridor, a skeleton was dug out from the wall...

It seemed to be a long time ago, but only a month had passed, and it felt like a lifetime ago.

Qi Si took out a flashlight from his backpack and turned it on. Compared with when he just became an official player and matched the official pool dungeon, his props reserve was much more sufficient, so he was not so short of money.

The cold white light circle illuminated the steps clearly. If you turn a few angles, you can see the clock hanging on the wall, and the hands are still turning tirelessly.

There is a clock on every floor, and time has become a part of this clock tower and cannot be separated.

Qi Si walked down the stairs quickly, paying attention to the time displayed on the clock. I don’t know if it was his illusion. There are many more steps here than in the "Hopeless Sea" dungeon, and it seems that he can never finish walking.

Is it to test the player's physical strength, or is there another trick?

The time indicated by the clock on the wall is already 8:59. According to the rules of the game, he needs to stay for five minutes at 9 o'clock and wait for Poseidon to close his eyes before continuing.

But if calculated according to the mechanism of Hopeless Sea, the real time of three minutes actually corresponds to four minutes on the clock face. He only needs to stay when the clock hand points to 9:20.

Being inside the clock tower, he is blocked by walls on all sides and cannot see the state of Poseidon's Eye outside; he cannot go back to the top floor, otherwise he will be seen by Poseidon.

There is no way to judge whether Poseidon's Eye is open or closed, so there is no way to verify the correctness of the two ideas. Should he stay at 9 o'clock or 9:20?

Or... just to be safe, stay for a while?

…

On the other side, Liu Yuhan entered the tower after a lot of spinning. When she opened her eyes again, she saw herself standing in front of a huge clock.

She stood side by side with the clock at the highest point of the world, surrounded by thick yellow clouds. The dark and dark colors harmoniously outlined Poseidon's closed eyes, and she didn't know when they would open.

"Is it actually starting from a copy of "Hopeless Sea"?" Liu Yuhan squatted down next to the clock and reached out to touch the game rules engraved on the wall, feeling slightly startled.

When Chang Xu was still in the tower, he once conveyed some information to her, telling her that the game she experienced in the Liuli Tower was related to the dungeons she had cleared in the past.

Liu Yuhan thought to herself that she had cleared dozens of dungeons. If the ones designated to enter were included, the number would even be in the hundreds.

She didn't expect that the tower would accidentally select a copy of "Hopeless Sea" - the beginning of her being enveloped by the nightmare called "Zis".

"Fifty-five minutes of action, five minutes of rest, until you get to the bottom of the tower... What does this game want to test? Physical strength? Time concept? Or... will various crises occur during the process of going down the tower, disrupting the player's plan?"

Liu Yuhan made random guesses, and her brain automatically searched for information that could cope with the current situation from past experiences and knowledge reserves. A dialogue at the end of the copy of "Hopeless Sea" was retrieved from her memory in time, and echoed at the bottom of her mind.

– ‘So, what’s the right time? ’

——'During the stipulated sleeping time, the clock tower missed a total of three chimes, namely eleven, one and three. When converted to a twenty-four-hour clock, six hours were lost every day. In other words, what you think is a whole day is actually only eighteen hours. ’

——‘What will happen if you don’t go to sea at the specified time? ’

——‘Who knows? Maybe he will die. ’

There is a problem with the timing of the copy of "Hopeless Sea", so what about this small game designed based on "Hopeless Sea"?

Is the time shown on the clock real? Which timing method does the time in the game rules refer to?

Liu Yuhan lowered her eyes slightly, opened the iron door that was ajar in the corner of the top floor, and stepped onto the stairs going down.

…

The hour hand pointed to the Roman numeral nine, and Qiss stopped where he was. At the same time, he took out the [Poseidon Scepter] from the toolbar and held it in his right hand.

The phantoms of marine life were suspended in the void, and the sound of the tide that had gone away due to the barrier of the wall surged in my ears again. A damp, salty smell crawled all over the ground, and slippery salt particles precipitated around my feet.

Zeiss put his consciousness into Poseidon's scepter, trying to capture the connection with Poseidon and explore Poseidon's state.

But there was nothing inside.

Poseidon has disappeared since the copy of "Frog Hospital". The yellow Poseidon's eye outside the bell tower seems to be just a poor reproduction and a remnant of a dream.

It's like after a rare creature dies, its bones are sliced ​​into layers, soaked in formalin or resin, and made into specimen handicrafts for later generations to view.

The strange association quietly emerged, and Qisi was amused. He slightly raised the corners of his lips, but it did not cause any dangerous consequences.

It seems that the so-called [prohibited actions] in the game rules are not as strict as imagined, or... this moment is not a prohibited period in the game rules.

But, who knows?

More and more shadows are swimming around you, and fluttering seaweed and shellfish are randomly dotted in every corner of the corridor. The field of vision presents the fuzzy texture of folded plastic products, floating freely like gauze soaked in water, which is reminiscent of To the interweaving and overlapping of countless spaces.

Liu Yuhan stopped at 8:59 to avoid not reacting in time and inadvertently violating the rules.

Moisture grows in the silent darkness, as if the whole person is immersed in the deep sea along with the tower-like building. Once the wall is damaged, seawater will pour in and flood the top of the head.

Inexplicable imagination made her five senses more sensitive, and Liu Yuhan had the illusion that the tide was noisy and hitting the wall one after another.

No, maybe that's not an illusion. The sound of the waves is indeed getting louder and louder, as if it comes from another overlapping space, about to penetrate the invisible barrier, break through the barriers imposed by higher dimensions, and merge into one.

At a certain moment, his inspiration caught the "click" sound of broken glass, and a figure in a blue dress suddenly appeared in front of Qisi's eyes. His face was blurry like fog at first, but as the picture settled in his field of vision, it became clear, and it looked familiar.

Liu Yuhan was actually teleported into this level...

The game arrangement in the Glazed Tower is obviously consistent with the player's past experience. All seemingly random experiences seem to be programmed in advance...

What kind of existence is the Colosseum?

If Qisi realized something, he narrowed his eyes.

Liu Yuhan saw Qisi holding the Poseidon's scepter, and the young man in a red suit standing loosely not far away, looking directly at her with scarlet eyes under half-lidded eyelids.

A picture flashed before her eyes. It was the end of the copy of "Hopeless Sea". The young man strangled her neck and held her hostage to force Chang Xu. Chang Xu took the Poseidon scepter and handed it to the young man as promised, and the latter took the power. He backhanded the staff and stabbed it into Chang Xu's heart, causing blood to flow like a stream.

Dying in a dream will not lead to real death, but who knows the mechanics of this game?

The Hopeless Sea is the home of Zeiss, who possesses the Poseidon Scepter. He can easily kill her, and considering her previous betrayal, he has no reason to let her go...

Liu Yuhan's body trembled slightly, but she suppressed it and pretended to look calmly into Qisi's eyes.

Qisi looked at her with interest, and after a while he suddenly laughed, showing his white teeth.

At 9:05, Qisi flipped his wrist and stabbed the Poseidon scepter at Liu Yuhan.

Liu Yuhan was well prepared, turned around and fell to the side, dodging the scepter while rolling down the steps.

The power of Poseidon's scepter spurted out from the tip, suppressing every move of all living creatures.

Liu Yuhan had no way to activate the props or make any further responses. She could only rely on gravity to hold her head and roll down, hoping to escape from the control of the Poseidon's Scepter.

Qisi held the Poseidon scepter in his hand and was not in a hurry to chase. Instead, he leisurely walked down the steps step by step.

Along the way, the sea breeze and waves are carried away, and the shadows of shellfish and fish float up and down, swimming lightly, but they form a large transparent net that blocks the movement of living creatures within the area.

Liu Yuhan rolled down slower and slower, and finally ran aground at a corner, and was immediately sealed under the hood of the powerful hood inside the scepter.

The suffocating air pressure enveloped her whole body, and she could no longer move at all. She could only lie half-curled up, like a dead fish washed up on the shore, staring blankly at Qiss.

Qisi stood still in front of Liu Yuhan, lowered his hand and put the sharp edge of Poseidon's scepter against the latter's heart, and smiled very softly: "If I stab you a few times with Poseidon's scepter, you might end up like Chang after you go out. They have more in common."

It’s this incredible sense of humor again…

Liu Yuhan looked away and asked solemnly: "You will kill me, right?"

She had calmed down and felt that there was nothing wrong with dying here.

After her death, the game coins, points, food and other resources she owns will be transferred to Chang Xu, who will have 2,500 points and two game coins.

You only need to clear one more game and choose five hundred points as a reward, then you can find the Sphinx to fulfill your wish and kill Zeiss...

"I won't kill you." Qisi moved the Poseidon scepter downwards and stabbed Liu Yuhan in the abdomen. It penetrated her body and then sank into the hard stone slab, nailing her to the ground of the bell tower.

Blood splashed out, staining Liu Yuhan's dress like red paint painted with ink, and spread out from the wound to all sides.

A few drops of blood splashed onto Qisi's trousers and seeped into the red fabric. The similar colors were hard to distinguish.

Cold sweat broke out on Liu Yuhan's forehead, and her cry of pain was suppressed in her throat. Her fists clenched and unclenched, and all her movements were suppressed by the power of Poseidon's scepter, just like insects painted in gum, in the sticky Unable to move in restraints.

Qisi smiled calmly, slowly took out the paper knife from the toolbar, and pricked Liu Yuhan's palm.

[Name: Paper Knife for Self-Mutilators]

[Type: props]

[Effect: No matter what kind of wound is caused, the injured person will not lose consciousness or really die]

[Remarks: Its original owner sank in great despair, but ultimately lacked the courage to achieve final relief and could only resort to self-harm to release the pain]

This is a prop he bought after coming out of "Frog Hospital". It is suspected to have a causal effect and can maintain the life and consciousness of the injured.

Even if it didn't have this effect, it didn't matter. He deliberately made the Poseidon Scepter avoid the vital point. Liu Yuhan would not die in a short time.

As for what to do if you lose too much blood...

Qisi took out the human skin book, tore off a piece of paper and sprinkled it on Liu Yuhan's wound.

[Name: Netherworld Yin]

[Type: props]

[Effect: Consume a page to transform any existence into a ghost. (Duration 60 seconds, the number of pages is refreshed once for each copy)]

[Note: He is responsible for the guidance of the underworld, and he is in charge of the affairs of the underworld. Whoever is said to be a ghost is a ghost. 】

Ghosts have a tenacious vitality in weird games and will not die from mere penetrating injuries.

And time in the dream is stagnant compared to the real world. A page of netherworld attraction is enough to continue to take effect until the dream world collapses, allowing Liu Yuhan to survive as a ghost most of the time.

Ziss knew that in the same team, if one person dies, resources will be pooled to his teammates, making the person who survives more difficult to deal with.

Therefore, before killing Chang Xu, Liu Yuhan must be alive to prevent Chang Xu from accumulating three thousand points in advance after getting her points and game coins.

It would be great if Liu Yuhan's movements could be restricted. She would not be able to clear more dungeons and save more resources including points and food.

Qisi intended to keep the total points of Chang Xu's team below 3,000, so it was imperative to use the Poseidon Scepter to imprison Liu Yuhan in this level.

Liu Yuhan was nailed to the ground by the Poseidon's scepter. The wound was covered with human skin paper. It was soaked in blood and stuck tightly to the skin, exuding a slight coolness.

The severe pain stimulated the brain to secrete endorphins. Liu Yuhan felt that her consciousness became as slow as a zombie, and her body became cold, as cold as ice.

She raised her head with difficulty, and saw Qiss leaning down, with undisguised malice in his smile: "Let's rest here for a while, there are still five hours left, and today's beast-fighting game will be over.

"Such a period of time shouldn't be too difficult for you, right?" (End of Chapter)