Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 2072 A six-meter road
On the other side of the bicycle path, a few meters away, the bus station stood silently in the skylight.

From where they were, they could only see the large advertisement behind the bus stop and the stop sign standing aside; but neither Lin Sanjiu nor Pan Cui was in a hurry—they turned their heads and looked at the mime His back finally completely disappeared in the shadow of the alley, and then he let out a long breath at the same time.

"Really gone," Lin Sanjiu said with a bit of disbelief, "He actually just left like that? I thought he would stay and make sure we take the next path."

"I thought so too," Pan Cui looked around suspiciously. "This road has not been blocked...Even if we didn't go to the bus station, but went to other places, how would he know?"

This road is a common two-way street in the city. It is unobstructed and extends in all directions. Not only is it connected to several roads in other directions, but there is also a pedestrian bridge or a few zebra crossings in the distance; there are many buildings on both sides of the two-way street. , the lanes are densely covered, if someone wants to escape the control of the copy, this seems to be a good place for experimentation.

When no one made a sound, the entire empty and abandoned city suppressed a heavy, solidified silence, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be crushed by it at any time.

"Let's try walking?" Lin Sanjiu suggested, "Although I don't think the dungeon will allow us to walk to the end in one go, there is no harm in trying."

Pan Cui pursed her lips, and turned her gaze to the bus station not far away.

"I think that since the dungeon dares to put us here, there must be precautionary measures." She really didn't agree, but she didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "Besides, the area here is too large, and there is no end in sight. We can't keep going...it's a waste of energy, a waste of time, and there's a risk of not being able to find our way back."

Her concerns were justified; seeing that she was unwilling, Lin Sanjiu put the subject aside, nodded and said, "Then let's go there?"

Pan Cui smiled at her. "You're such a rare person," she said softly, stepping off the bike path. "A lot of people I met couldn't stand people who disagreed with him, and always felt that it was an attack on him personally..."

Lin Sanjiu suspected that she was blushing at the moment; she gave a dry cough and followed, answering "Where is it?"

"And you are also very gentle." Pan Cui boasted endlessly, and said as she walked, "You were still thinking about Pina just now, which is rare among the evolutionaries who sweep the door. Speaking of which, I I'm also a little ashamed, you saved me with your 'excess action', but I didn't use my 'extra action' to help you or Pina..."

"'Yu out of action'?" Lin Sanjiu was startled.

"Ah, that's my name. You should have noticed too, right?"

Pan Cui looked back at her and said, "Among the movements assigned to us by the mime actors, some are the basic movements needed for action, some are clues, some are the key to a successful exit, and some are traps... and some are our own. I doubt it could be used to help others. It also explains why we are still limited by the mime's movements after we leave the scene."

Lin Sanjiu opened his mouth halfway, and stammered a bit when he spoke: "Ah, yes, yes, I found out too."

Teacher Yi whispered, "I'm ashamed for you."

So, the act of "washing your hair" must be one of the traps... Lin Sanjiu turned a deaf ear to Teacher Yi, coughed again, and changed the subject: "Did you see the sign on the next road?"

"Look at the other side," Pan Cui said, and walked around the bus stop—then, her footsteps were suddenly stopped.

Lin Sanjiu's heart tightened, and he rushed over immediately, his eyes swept away, and then he froze in place like Pan Cui.

The sign for the next road was pasted on the front of the billboard at the bus stop, just blocking the face of a model.

"The way to the end?"

The road before this card should not be one of the roads leading to the casino at the end.

The road before this card is a more difficult road, and it is allowed to enter after betting at least 70 points.

The road in front of this card is 6 meters long. After completing this section safely and meeting the conditions, the winner will be the winner.If you hang around on the road for more than 24 hours, it will be judged as a loss. After losing the betting items, the gambler will be sent back to the starting point.

The road odds before this card are 1:7, and the winner can get back the chips he bet at the end of this road, and also get 490 chips paid for this road (calculated as the following bet of 70 points).

Only one person can enter the road in front of this card every 15 minutes.

"No... Impossible?" Pan Cui stared at the sign and murmured to count them one by one: "It's not the way to the end, it's more difficult to walk, and the betting points and odds are so high..."

This also means that this road is not only risky and much more difficult than the previous two roads, but even if they can get away with it, all of this will be useless.

"Wait a minute," Lin Sanjiu suddenly came to his senses, quickly touched Pan Cui, and after drawing her attention back, said, "This sign is different from what we saw before, isn't it?"

Pan Cui was taken aback for a moment, but then understood.

Previously, there was only one sentence on the front of the sign to remind the betting points, and more explanations, rules and precautions on the back; but this time, only a few explanations appeared on the front of the sign, and the sign itself was firmly The ones pasted on the billboards cannot be turned over at all.

"That is to say, apart from these few explanations, is there any other news to provide..." Pan Cui wiped her face and said, "Perhaps you are right, we really still have to walk around , see if there is another way?"

Lin Sanjiu didn't speak, but nodded silently.

There is another idea, which is expanding uncontrollably and occupying her mind - if the "difficulty of the road" is negatively correlated with the "probability of reaching the end", that is, the higher the former, the lower the latter, is this true? It means that the puppet masters have embarked on an impossible path to the end?
It's just that before she gets more information, it's useless for her to worry, because she doesn't know whether the premise of her guess is correct or not.

However, she understood this truth, but she couldn't stop thinking about it; it wasn't until she and Pan Cui went out separately for a while that another thought gradually cast a large enough shadow to overwhelm her previous worries.

According to the agreed time, Lin Sanjiu returned to the bus station an hour later.

Leaving aside the tiredness, she only needs to glance at Pan Cui's face from a distance to see that she probably feels the same as herself—the neighborhood is too open, and every road has several directions. There are several high-rise buildings on each branch; if you choose any direction to walk, you will face more choices, as if you will never end this city.

Because there are too many choices and the places are too wide, no matter how far they have traveled and how many roads they have seen, it feels as if they have not taken a step.

"It's not a coincidence," Lin Sanjiu said with a frown. "We walked for an hour in a randomly chosen direction, but we didn't see any signs that the road started..."

"I'm afraid no matter how far we go, there won't be a sign for the next road at all, right?" Pan Cui smiled wryly, and said, "Starting from the roof, the roads we encounter become more and more difficult, requiring more and more points. There are many, but the possibility of reaching the end is getting smaller and smaller...and even the number of roads to choose from has finally been reduced to one. This is definitely not a coincidence."

Lin Sanjiu sat down on the bench waiting for the bus, feeling his exhaustion floating in a daze.

"As you said, if this is a trend, then even if we can complete this road, the next road will be more demanding, and it will definitely not reach the end. Failure will happen sooner or later." She thought for a while, Said: "It's impossible for us to sit here forever... Do you remember the final failure condition written on the notice board on the roof?"

"You mean..." Pan Cui's brows tightened even more, "People who still linger in this city for more than 24 hours after losing all their chips will become clone creatures?"

"Yes," Lin Sanjiu nodded, "It didn't make it clear that if someone still has a bargaining chip, but wanders around the city and doesn't choose a path, what punishment will there be?"

In fact, this point may not need to be made clear-one only needs to look around this empty and dead city to know that this kind of "self-exile" is a punishment in itself.

If someone is not willing to give up their special items and is unwilling to bet on a road that is impossible to reach the end, they will always walk in an empty and endless city without direction, supplies, supplements, or companions ...I can only wait for the teleportation that will appear after being disrupted by the great flood.

What's more, Lin Sanjiu needs to go out as soon as possible to join the puppeteer and his party - if they don't go on the road, it means they will be separated; if they are separated now, they don't know when they will meet again.

The two sat in silence for a while at the bus stop.

"I think we'd better go on the road."

Pan Cui finally opened her mouth: "Not going on the road is not an option, unless you plan to force it to teleportation. We have only earned 35.05 points of chips so far. We have to bet them all, and we have to add another item. In case of this If you fail on the road, you will lose nearly 35 points... which is a very good special item. This risk is indeed great."

She paused, then said: "However, from another perspective, this road is only 6 meters, no matter how difficult it is, it has a limit. As long as we can win the chips of this road, we will have 420 more chips." Points are available, even if we fail on the next road and are repatriated to the starting point of the roof, we still have enough capital to start over... The risk of losing 35 points, but a gain of 420 points, this risk-benefit ratio, I think It's well worth a try."

"Her thinking is really clear," Teacher Yi suddenly sighed in her mind, "She just doesn't know, you don't need her to analyze the risk-benefit ratio, you have to go on the road."

Even if the starting point is different, the final decision of the two is the same: to place a bet.

In addition to the 35 blank chips she won - she didn't bother to take out that 0.05 card - Lin Sanjiu took out [Teaching according to her aptitude]; after she finished betting in a while, she would get back a piece of 5 blank chips.

"I'll go first," Pan Cui shook Lin Sanjiu's hand, and said solemnly, "I'll stop in front and wait for you just like I did in the office."

Anyway, they have to stop and wait for someone, and it doesn't make much difference who goes first.Lin Sanjiu nodded; watching Pan Cui place a few chips under the notice board.

Sure enough, a yellow arrow appeared on the road in front of the bus station—but strangely, only one arrow appeared.

Pan Cui stepped on the arrow, feeling a little dazed: "Where is the next arrow?"

What answered her was a bus that came suddenly and silently from a distance; under the stares of the two, the bus with black glass slid into the platform slowly, and what the yellow arrow pointed to happened to be Go to the guest door.

　Finally finished, I'm fucked
　
(End of this chapter)