The Trial Game of Life
Chapter 15
The body was dug up, but it was a strange man.He was buried upright in a deep pit. He was already dead, but his hair continued to grow upwards, upwards, upwards, until it pierced the ground and turned into a sapling.
This weird and terrifying scene made everyone lose their voices.
Tang Cuo did not participate in the digging of the corpse, but watched from the side wrapped in a military overcoat, "The corpse has begun to rot, and it should have been buried for a while."
Jin Cheng is also an old man who enjoys his success. He folded his arms and said, "That's the last batch of players who did this task. If Li Shuangshuang and Qu Li were also buried in the soil to plant trees, the saplings may not have sprouted yet."
"Look for it and you'll know."
Tang Cuo's words started the miserable career of the labor group of four again.In the next three hours or so, they dug out all the saplings within a radius of one kilometer around the place where the first body was found.
Although Jin Cheng didn't do anything, but he has a bear, it's a pity not to use such a big bear's paw for digging.
In order to verify his guess, Jin Cheng also ordered Hei Xiong to dig up a big tree, and dug out a pile of bones, which had been buried in the ground for an unknown number of years.
"Why do you think the firewood chopped by Li Yingjun feels so smooth and has a special fragrance?" He asked Tang Cuo, and Tang Cuo replied without thinking, "Corpse oil, and corpse smell."
Not far away, Qian Wei, who was tired of digging and was sitting down to rest, heard this, and almost vomited out his breakfast.They checked the kitchen very carefully on the first day they arrived in this dungeon. They didn't realize that the meat was fine, but the firewood was the problem.Although the firewood is not directly eaten into the mouth, what is the difference between the things that can be burned with it and those that have been soaked in formalin?
Qian Wei couldn't help but look at the surrounding trees again. Don't those black and twisted trunks look like ghosts struggling to escape?
East, west, south, north, the entire forest is full of this kind of tree, how many people have to be buried?
Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
But after digging for a long time, they still couldn't find Li Shuangshuang.Everyone was exhausted and paralyzed, the weather was so cold, and they were sweating all over again, and all the food they brought with them had been eaten, and if they didn't go back, they would starve to death or freeze to death.
Players in Eternal Night City have a habit of bringing some dried meat or compressed biscuits with them that can fill their stomachs, otherwise they may encounter some kind of situation.
Tang Cuo was a poor man, he had nothing, but everyone shared his order, and he became the one who ate the most.
"Return?" Jin Cheng said, throwing Tang Cuo a palm-sized hand warmer, which contains self-heating water, which is drinkable. "The things Wen Xiaoming tinkered with are useless."
Tang Cuo looked at it and said, "Is he engaged in scientific research?"
"He has a nickname called mobile customer service."
"why?"
Hearing this, Jin Cheng seemed to have thought of something funny, and with a smile on his lips, he said, "Because his serial number is 10086."
Tang Cuo was expressionless.
Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it funny?"
Tang Cuo: "Didn't you see that my face was frozen?"
I don't care about you.
Tang Cuo stood up with his hands warmed to his face, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, he always had the feeling that Qu Li was not dead.She is a newcomer who has come to replace Xiaoyuan. According to Xiaoyuan, the newcomer is still on the job training, and perhaps cooperating with Li Yingjun to complete this serial resurrection case is the content of her training.After passing the training, she will have to clear her "karma" here, so it is impossible for her to die.
But if she hadn't died, where would she be?
Tang Cuo wanted to look for it again, but the physical strength of Qian Wei and the others could no longer keep up, and his own health also dropped by 20%.After a little thought, he agreed to the decision to go back.
Peng Mingfan asked what to do with the dug up corpses, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo looked at each other, and finally discovered the similarities between them—they were both of the "digging, not burying" faction.
"Li Yingjun will come to chop firewood at night, and he will definitely rebury him when he sees it," Jin Cheng said.
The rest of the people nodded and accepted his statement. There was no other reason. They were too tired and didn't have the energy to bury it again.
Then Jin Cheng released the black bear, and the six of them started to walk back.Just like last time, no matter how they turned, the compass did not change.But with the experience from last time, everyone was much calmer, and they hurried on their way without talking nonsense.
As he was walking, a blush suddenly flashed in Tang Cuo's peripheral vision.He suddenly turned his head, and saw a figure flashing in the forest on the left, but the figure ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Red skirt." Jin Cheng said firmly.
In a pure black snow forest, the red skirt is dazzling.
"It's Qu Li!" Tang Cuo pursued with lightning.
Jin Cheng was faster than him, skimming over the big tree above his head in the blink of an eye, his figure was so light that he didn't even disturb the snow on the treetops.After both of them rushed out, the rest of them came to their senses and chased after them.
Tang Cuo fell to the end as no surprise, but he turned ahead of time after running not far, and came down a few times, and actually came around in front of Qian Wei and the others.
Running and running, he bumped into Qu Li head-on.
Looking at each other, Qu Li was stunned, "Why are you here!"
At this time, Jin Cheng came up behind her again, she gritted her teeth, and finally ran away.She ran very strangely, appearing and disappearing from time to time, and often disappeared when she was about to be overtaken.
This also confirmed Tang Cuo's conjecture that Qu Li was not dead, and as an NPC, she was just cooperating with Li Yingjun's performance.
5 minute later.
Qu Li completely disappeared into the depths of the forest, as if she had never appeared before.
Tang Cuo asked Jin Cheng if he could find a way to find her, Jin Cheng shook his head, but he didn't insist anymore.Qian Wei and the others were quite annoyed, but he was very calm and hurried on as usual.
Half an hour later, a group of six returned to the main entrance of the hotel as expected, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Madoka was the only one in the hall, sitting alone, out of mind.A few people went to the kitchen to see, the body was still there, untouched.
But Zhang Zhiqi didn't know where he went, An Ning asked Xiaoyuan before he said that he had been resting upstairs.Peng Mingfan gave Qian Wei a wink, and the two went upstairs together and knocked on Zhang Zhiyu's door.
Zhang Zhiqi's expression was unkind, as if he didn't even want to put on a final disguise, "What's the matter?"
"We found the body in the woods." Peng Mingfan also had a cold face, but he still told about the discovery in the woods.After finishing speaking, he took Qian Wei and left without waiting for Zhang Zhikui to reply.
A few seconds later, there was a slamming door in the corridor.
Qian Wei rolled his eyes angrily, "Peng Peng, what are you talking to this kind of person, let him die, and we don't owe him anything."
Peng Mingfan: "Whether I say it or not is my business, whether I die or not is his business."
"Peng Peng, you are so cool."
"..."
Downstairs An Ning was debating whether to take a bath or not. She was sweating all over and needed a hot bath urgently, but the water in the shower room was also boiled by a boiler.The boiler was stuffed with firewood, not coal.
Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng didn't have such scruples, they went in and took a shower one after another. The hotel also provided a change of clothes in a very humane manner, which was put in the locker, with different sizes and men's and women's styles.
Seeing Tang Cuo come out refreshingly, Qian Wei felt lingering fear, and subconsciously muttered: "These clothes are not taken from dead people, are they?"
Tang Cuo turned to look at him and smiled, "Are you okay?"
"I was wrong big brother."
Anyway, Qian Wei made up his mind not to take a bath.
By the time Jin Cheng came out of the shower, Qian Wei was already so tired that he lay down on the table and dozed off.Peng Mingfan was still the one who was most keen on reasoning and deciphering. He took the small blackboard at the front desk that was used to write today's menu and scribbled in an attempt to clarify the ins and outs of the matter.
As for An Ning and Zhao Ping, they went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, because Xiao Yuan went on strike again.
Tang Cuo was alone in the armchair in the rest area reading a magazine. Jin Cheng walked over and knocked on the table, looked at the stack of books on it, and said, "Reading again?"
Tang Cuo raised his eyes: "Aren't you still putting together puzzles?"
Most of the puzzle has been completed, and the remaining half is scattered on the table.
Jin Cheng picked up one piece and put it in his hand to play with. After a while, he said, "This painting is Schiller's "Four Trees". The meaning of the painting itself should have nothing to do with this copy, but what he painted is a tree."
"Is this also a so-called hint?"
"Maybe."
Tang Cuo didn't do much research on this kind of art, but he always felt that he missed something, and there were some undiscovered clues hidden in this hotel, so he went through the books on the shelf again.
Flipping through it, he really saw something - something that was not there at all when he was flipping through it last time.
It was a report on the inside page of the magazine. The title was "The best forest ranger in history collected hundreds of tons of firewood a year!"Winner of the "Heart of Nature" award! "
The accompanying picture is Li Yingjun's simple and honest smiling face holding a trophy, which is a bronze statue that resembles a statuette.
Why does an excellent forest ranger go to collect firewood?
Tang Cuo frowned slightly.
No, it was human corpses that felled firewood, and Li Yingjun's award was called "Heart of Nature".Human beings cut down trees, and they are eventually cut down as trees. Is the way to be used back to others?
Thinking of this, Tang Cuo looked through several books and magazines one after another, but he didn't see any relevant content.He put down the book, stood up and walked upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Jin Cheng asked from behind.
"Look for a waiter." Tang Cuo kept walking.
As the only waiter in the hotel, Madoka lives alone on the first floor.Tang Cuo knocked on her door, straight to the point, "Did something happen to the forest outside, or this mountain?"
"Things?" Madoka tilted her head, not knowing why.
"ACCIDENT."
"Are you talking about the big fire ten years ago? A few donkey friends came to play in the mountains, and accidentally set the fire on fire, and the whole forest was burnt bare. I haven't been here yet at that time, I heard It took a long time to plant the trees before the forest was replanted."
"How many people are there?"
"Hmm...it should be nine people? Or eight? It seems to be eight."
"Oh." Tang Cuo understood, and asked again: "Do you know what kind of trees Li Yingjun cut down?"
Xiaoyuan smiled, "I know, those are all the highest grade wood, and the cooked rice is delicious."
As she spoke, she thought of Li Yingjun's death again, and her expression became mournful again.Tang Cuo asked her other questions, but she couldn't answer. It was useless to keep saying "How did handsome brother die" and "When will I go down the mountain?"
After closing the door, Tang Cuo looked back and saw Jin Cheng leaning on the corridor, folded his arms and asked him, "Have you figured it out?"
Of course Tang Cuo understood.
The clues provided in the copy are triggered.The bronze statue was indeed a reminder, but yesterday he obviously read all the books, but there was no content about winning awards in the book, and Madoka did not answer the story about the bronze statue.
But when they discovered the secret of firewood in the woods, the clue came.
Jin Cheng watched the whole process, and as an old player, he said bluntly: "I judged right at the time, this is not a low-end game in F area, judging by the number of corpses in the forest, the first few batches of players were almost wiped out , maybe I didn’t figure out the truth until I died. Looking at the trigger mode of this clue, it is at least a difficult level.”
Tang Cuo: "Because of the blacklist bonus?"
Jin Cheng spread his hands, obviously acquiescing to this statement.
The two stopped talking, and went back to the hall to briefly explain the latest discovery to others. Looking at the faces that were so shocked that they fell silent, Tang Cuo was also silent.
How bad was the luck of these four people to get a copy with their two blacklists.
It was already a quarter past five in the evening.
Tang Cuo glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "I'm going to spend the night in the woods."
He said this to Jin Cheng, and Jin Cheng understood his meaning instantly, "You want to avoid the condition that you must fall asleep after nightfall?"
Tang Cuo nodded, "Maybe Li Yingjun will bury Zhang Zhiyu next to Li Shuangshuang."
Peng Mingfan realized something, and quickly asked, "Why did you have to find Li Shuangshuang? Did you find anything?"
Tang Cuo: "Evidence is still needed."
Peng Mingfan: "Then I'll go with you."
Qian Wei and An Ning looked at each other, remembering the fear of being enslaved by the duo during the day, after struggling for a long time, they still gritted their teeth and said, "I'll go too."
"You might fall asleep when you go out," Tang Cuo said.
"And he may sleep in the ice and snow, and he will freeze to death before dawn." Jin Cheng continued to threaten.
The double intimidation from the boss is not useless. Thinking about the conditions outside, if you really sleep in the snow for a night, you might really die.
Unexpectedly, it was Zhao Ping who finally said, "Then let's go hide in that cave first, and wait until the time when we fall asleep, and then come out for activities."
Qian Wei and the others gave him a surprised look, and Zhao Ping smiled helplessly, "We are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Judging from the contents of this dungeon, it is clear that we want to kill us all. It is better to fight together than to wait here." die."
It's all said and done, no need to say more.
The six of them seized the time to eat dinner, and set off immediately after all the preparations were complete.This time they moved a lot faster, because the luminous powder hadn't disappeared, and they went straight to the cave along this road.
There was no other firewood in the woods. In order to make a fire to keep warm, everyone ignored the taboo in their hearts. They found a lot of dry branches and lit a bonfire, waiting for the time to pass.
It's seven o'clock, and everyone is still asleep.
At 07:30, someone felt a little drowsy, but it was still within controllable range.
At eight o'clock, they didn't wait for Zhang Zhiyu who was carrying the corpse, but in the deep night, a dull red suddenly appeared on the pale snow.
Qian Wei stood up in shock, "Qu Li! Is that Qu Li?"
An Ning: "It looks like it. There seems to be no other red in this forest except her."
Just at this moment, the dark red figure swayed, and appeared a little far away from them again.
An Ning clenched her fists, turned around and asked Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng, "Do you want to chase?"
Peng Mingfan said, "It might be a trap. She turned around and ran away when she saw us during the day. Why did she appear again now?"
"I'll go." At this moment, Jin Cheng stretched himself and stood up, rubbing his neck, and walked to the entrance of the cave with ease.As far as the eyes can see, Qu Li's figure is further away.
Tang Cuo walked up to him, "Alone?"
Jin Cheng: "Are you worried about me?"
"No." Tang Cuo: "I want to remind you that she is going far away."
Jin Cheng was amused by him, smiled slightly, grabbed Tang Cuo's wrist and put a handcuff on him with a click.Just as Tang Cuo wanted to ask if you were sick, he saw that Jin Cheng had also set one up for himself.
"This is for threading. Don't take it off. If I can't find my way back later, I will never let you go."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, leaving everyone with a chic back.
Tang Cuo looked down at his wrist, okay, whoever has the most equipment is the boss.
At [-]:[-], Jin Cheng and Qu Li disappeared from everyone's sight.Everyone was still asleep, looking at the entrance of the cave with different expressions, the only thing in common was probably the worry in their eyes.
Except Tang Cuo.
Tang Cuo wasn't worried about Jin Cheng at all, no matter how difficult this dungeon was, it was only a dungeon in F area, how could it be difficult for the elites in A area.Jin Cheng probably still has a lot of cards in his hands that they don't know about, even if they are all dead, he will not die.
08: 30.
Jin Cheng hadn't returned yet, and everyone hadn't fallen asleep for a long time.
The worries in the cave increased, and Qian Wei couldn't help suggesting to go out to find someone.At this moment, Tang Cuo felt that the handcuffs seemed to be pulled, and he stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave.
"came back."
In the dark wind and snow, Jin Cheng walked back with a person on his shoulders. He was not walking fast, but his steps were not heavy. When he came to the entrance of the cave, he still had the time to ask——
"Are you waiting for me?"
Tang Cuo didn't really want to answer him.
At this moment, Zhao Ping recognized the person Jin Cheng was carrying, and exclaimed, "Li Shuangshuang!"
"Tsk." Jin Cheng was a little annoyed at being interrupted, but he found these people pleasing to the eye, and finally put them down without saying anything.
To be precise, the body was put down.
Tang Cuo looked at the soles of Li Shuangshuang's shoes at first glance, and found that there was nothing on them except some sludge.He raised his head and asked Jin Cheng, "Did you dig this out of the ground?"
Jin Cheng folded his arms: "That's right, Qu Li seems to be trying to lure me over. I've checked it too, and there isn't any powder left at the bottom of the pit."
"What do you mean?" Qian Wei blinked, looked at An Ning and Zhao Ping three times, why did this involve luminous powder again?Peng Mingfan seemed to have thought of something, but for a moment he couldn't figure out the connection, so he frowned slightly.
Tang Cuo didn't have time to explain, he and Jin Cheng exchanged glances.
Jin Cheng's eyes moved slightly, "You mean..."
Tang Cuo: "Go back and find Zhang Zhiyu! Hurry up!"
After all, the two ran out of the cave at the same time.The rest of the people haven't figured it out yet, but the few days of getting along has already given them an indescribable sense of trust in the two of them, and they ran away without saying a word.
But just as Tang Cuo's foot stepped on the edge of the hole, a heavy drowsiness hit his brain.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Of the six people, not one was left and all fell down.
This weird and terrifying scene made everyone lose their voices.
Tang Cuo did not participate in the digging of the corpse, but watched from the side wrapped in a military overcoat, "The corpse has begun to rot, and it should have been buried for a while."
Jin Cheng is also an old man who enjoys his success. He folded his arms and said, "That's the last batch of players who did this task. If Li Shuangshuang and Qu Li were also buried in the soil to plant trees, the saplings may not have sprouted yet."
"Look for it and you'll know."
Tang Cuo's words started the miserable career of the labor group of four again.In the next three hours or so, they dug out all the saplings within a radius of one kilometer around the place where the first body was found.
Although Jin Cheng didn't do anything, but he has a bear, it's a pity not to use such a big bear's paw for digging.
In order to verify his guess, Jin Cheng also ordered Hei Xiong to dig up a big tree, and dug out a pile of bones, which had been buried in the ground for an unknown number of years.
"Why do you think the firewood chopped by Li Yingjun feels so smooth and has a special fragrance?" He asked Tang Cuo, and Tang Cuo replied without thinking, "Corpse oil, and corpse smell."
Not far away, Qian Wei, who was tired of digging and was sitting down to rest, heard this, and almost vomited out his breakfast.They checked the kitchen very carefully on the first day they arrived in this dungeon. They didn't realize that the meat was fine, but the firewood was the problem.Although the firewood is not directly eaten into the mouth, what is the difference between the things that can be burned with it and those that have been soaked in formalin?
Qian Wei couldn't help but look at the surrounding trees again. Don't those black and twisted trunks look like ghosts struggling to escape?
East, west, south, north, the entire forest is full of this kind of tree, how many people have to be buried?
Just thinking about it makes me shudder.
But after digging for a long time, they still couldn't find Li Shuangshuang.Everyone was exhausted and paralyzed, the weather was so cold, and they were sweating all over again, and all the food they brought with them had been eaten, and if they didn't go back, they would starve to death or freeze to death.
Players in Eternal Night City have a habit of bringing some dried meat or compressed biscuits with them that can fill their stomachs, otherwise they may encounter some kind of situation.
Tang Cuo was a poor man, he had nothing, but everyone shared his order, and he became the one who ate the most.
"Return?" Jin Cheng said, throwing Tang Cuo a palm-sized hand warmer, which contains self-heating water, which is drinkable. "The things Wen Xiaoming tinkered with are useless."
Tang Cuo looked at it and said, "Is he engaged in scientific research?"
"He has a nickname called mobile customer service."
"why?"
Hearing this, Jin Cheng seemed to have thought of something funny, and with a smile on his lips, he said, "Because his serial number is 10086."
Tang Cuo was expressionless.
Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Isn't it funny?"
Tang Cuo: "Didn't you see that my face was frozen?"
I don't care about you.
Tang Cuo stood up with his hands warmed to his face, raised his eyes and looked into the distance, he always had the feeling that Qu Li was not dead.She is a newcomer who has come to replace Xiaoyuan. According to Xiaoyuan, the newcomer is still on the job training, and perhaps cooperating with Li Yingjun to complete this serial resurrection case is the content of her training.After passing the training, she will have to clear her "karma" here, so it is impossible for her to die.
But if she hadn't died, where would she be?
Tang Cuo wanted to look for it again, but the physical strength of Qian Wei and the others could no longer keep up, and his own health also dropped by 20%.After a little thought, he agreed to the decision to go back.
Peng Mingfan asked what to do with the dug up corpses, Jin Cheng and Tang Cuo looked at each other, and finally discovered the similarities between them—they were both of the "digging, not burying" faction.
"Li Yingjun will come to chop firewood at night, and he will definitely rebury him when he sees it," Jin Cheng said.
The rest of the people nodded and accepted his statement. There was no other reason. They were too tired and didn't have the energy to bury it again.
Then Jin Cheng released the black bear, and the six of them started to walk back.Just like last time, no matter how they turned, the compass did not change.But with the experience from last time, everyone was much calmer, and they hurried on their way without talking nonsense.
As he was walking, a blush suddenly flashed in Tang Cuo's peripheral vision.He suddenly turned his head, and saw a figure flashing in the forest on the left, but the figure ran very fast and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Red skirt." Jin Cheng said firmly.
In a pure black snow forest, the red skirt is dazzling.
"It's Qu Li!" Tang Cuo pursued with lightning.
Jin Cheng was faster than him, skimming over the big tree above his head in the blink of an eye, his figure was so light that he didn't even disturb the snow on the treetops.After both of them rushed out, the rest of them came to their senses and chased after them.
Tang Cuo fell to the end as no surprise, but he turned ahead of time after running not far, and came down a few times, and actually came around in front of Qian Wei and the others.
Running and running, he bumped into Qu Li head-on.
Looking at each other, Qu Li was stunned, "Why are you here!"
At this time, Jin Cheng came up behind her again, she gritted her teeth, and finally ran away.She ran very strangely, appearing and disappearing from time to time, and often disappeared when she was about to be overtaken.
This also confirmed Tang Cuo's conjecture that Qu Li was not dead, and as an NPC, she was just cooperating with Li Yingjun's performance.
5 minute later.
Qu Li completely disappeared into the depths of the forest, as if she had never appeared before.
Tang Cuo asked Jin Cheng if he could find a way to find her, Jin Cheng shook his head, but he didn't insist anymore.Qian Wei and the others were quite annoyed, but he was very calm and hurried on as usual.
Half an hour later, a group of six returned to the main entrance of the hotel as expected, and it was already three o'clock in the afternoon.
Madoka was the only one in the hall, sitting alone, out of mind.A few people went to the kitchen to see, the body was still there, untouched.
But Zhang Zhiqi didn't know where he went, An Ning asked Xiaoyuan before he said that he had been resting upstairs.Peng Mingfan gave Qian Wei a wink, and the two went upstairs together and knocked on Zhang Zhiyu's door.
Zhang Zhiqi's expression was unkind, as if he didn't even want to put on a final disguise, "What's the matter?"
"We found the body in the woods." Peng Mingfan also had a cold face, but he still told about the discovery in the woods.After finishing speaking, he took Qian Wei and left without waiting for Zhang Zhikui to reply.
A few seconds later, there was a slamming door in the corridor.
Qian Wei rolled his eyes angrily, "Peng Peng, what are you talking to this kind of person, let him die, and we don't owe him anything."
Peng Mingfan: "Whether I say it or not is my business, whether I die or not is his business."
"Peng Peng, you are so cool."
"..."
Downstairs An Ning was debating whether to take a bath or not. She was sweating all over and needed a hot bath urgently, but the water in the shower room was also boiled by a boiler.The boiler was stuffed with firewood, not coal.
Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng didn't have such scruples, they went in and took a shower one after another. The hotel also provided a change of clothes in a very humane manner, which was put in the locker, with different sizes and men's and women's styles.
Seeing Tang Cuo come out refreshingly, Qian Wei felt lingering fear, and subconsciously muttered: "These clothes are not taken from dead people, are they?"
Tang Cuo turned to look at him and smiled, "Are you okay?"
"I was wrong big brother."
Anyway, Qian Wei made up his mind not to take a bath.
By the time Jin Cheng came out of the shower, Qian Wei was already so tired that he lay down on the table and dozed off.Peng Mingfan was still the one who was most keen on reasoning and deciphering. He took the small blackboard at the front desk that was used to write today's menu and scribbled in an attempt to clarify the ins and outs of the matter.
As for An Ning and Zhao Ping, they went to the kitchen to prepare dinner, because Xiao Yuan went on strike again.
Tang Cuo was alone in the armchair in the rest area reading a magazine. Jin Cheng walked over and knocked on the table, looked at the stack of books on it, and said, "Reading again?"
Tang Cuo raised his eyes: "Aren't you still putting together puzzles?"
Most of the puzzle has been completed, and the remaining half is scattered on the table.
Jin Cheng picked up one piece and put it in his hand to play with. After a while, he said, "This painting is Schiller's "Four Trees". The meaning of the painting itself should have nothing to do with this copy, but what he painted is a tree."
"Is this also a so-called hint?"
"Maybe."
Tang Cuo didn't do much research on this kind of art, but he always felt that he missed something, and there were some undiscovered clues hidden in this hotel, so he went through the books on the shelf again.
Flipping through it, he really saw something - something that was not there at all when he was flipping through it last time.
It was a report on the inside page of the magazine. The title was "The best forest ranger in history collected hundreds of tons of firewood a year!"Winner of the "Heart of Nature" award! "
The accompanying picture is Li Yingjun's simple and honest smiling face holding a trophy, which is a bronze statue that resembles a statuette.
Why does an excellent forest ranger go to collect firewood?
Tang Cuo frowned slightly.
No, it was human corpses that felled firewood, and Li Yingjun's award was called "Heart of Nature".Human beings cut down trees, and they are eventually cut down as trees. Is the way to be used back to others?
Thinking of this, Tang Cuo looked through several books and magazines one after another, but he didn't see any relevant content.He put down the book, stood up and walked upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Jin Cheng asked from behind.
"Look for a waiter." Tang Cuo kept walking.
As the only waiter in the hotel, Madoka lives alone on the first floor.Tang Cuo knocked on her door, straight to the point, "Did something happen to the forest outside, or this mountain?"
"Things?" Madoka tilted her head, not knowing why.
"ACCIDENT."
"Are you talking about the big fire ten years ago? A few donkey friends came to play in the mountains, and accidentally set the fire on fire, and the whole forest was burnt bare. I haven't been here yet at that time, I heard It took a long time to plant the trees before the forest was replanted."
"How many people are there?"
"Hmm...it should be nine people? Or eight? It seems to be eight."
"Oh." Tang Cuo understood, and asked again: "Do you know what kind of trees Li Yingjun cut down?"
Xiaoyuan smiled, "I know, those are all the highest grade wood, and the cooked rice is delicious."
As she spoke, she thought of Li Yingjun's death again, and her expression became mournful again.Tang Cuo asked her other questions, but she couldn't answer. It was useless to keep saying "How did handsome brother die" and "When will I go down the mountain?"
After closing the door, Tang Cuo looked back and saw Jin Cheng leaning on the corridor, folded his arms and asked him, "Have you figured it out?"
Of course Tang Cuo understood.
The clues provided in the copy are triggered.The bronze statue was indeed a reminder, but yesterday he obviously read all the books, but there was no content about winning awards in the book, and Madoka did not answer the story about the bronze statue.
But when they discovered the secret of firewood in the woods, the clue came.
Jin Cheng watched the whole process, and as an old player, he said bluntly: "I judged right at the time, this is not a low-end game in F area, judging by the number of corpses in the forest, the first few batches of players were almost wiped out , maybe I didn’t figure out the truth until I died. Looking at the trigger mode of this clue, it is at least a difficult level.”
Tang Cuo: "Because of the blacklist bonus?"
Jin Cheng spread his hands, obviously acquiescing to this statement.
The two stopped talking, and went back to the hall to briefly explain the latest discovery to others. Looking at the faces that were so shocked that they fell silent, Tang Cuo was also silent.
How bad was the luck of these four people to get a copy with their two blacklists.
It was already a quarter past five in the evening.
Tang Cuo glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "I'm going to spend the night in the woods."
He said this to Jin Cheng, and Jin Cheng understood his meaning instantly, "You want to avoid the condition that you must fall asleep after nightfall?"
Tang Cuo nodded, "Maybe Li Yingjun will bury Zhang Zhiyu next to Li Shuangshuang."
Peng Mingfan realized something, and quickly asked, "Why did you have to find Li Shuangshuang? Did you find anything?"
Tang Cuo: "Evidence is still needed."
Peng Mingfan: "Then I'll go with you."
Qian Wei and An Ning looked at each other, remembering the fear of being enslaved by the duo during the day, after struggling for a long time, they still gritted their teeth and said, "I'll go too."
"You might fall asleep when you go out," Tang Cuo said.
"And he may sleep in the ice and snow, and he will freeze to death before dawn." Jin Cheng continued to threaten.
The double intimidation from the boss is not useless. Thinking about the conditions outside, if you really sleep in the snow for a night, you might really die.
Unexpectedly, it was Zhao Ping who finally said, "Then let's go hide in that cave first, and wait until the time when we fall asleep, and then come out for activities."
Qian Wei and the others gave him a surprised look, and Zhao Ping smiled helplessly, "We are all grasshoppers on the same rope. Judging from the contents of this dungeon, it is clear that we want to kill us all. It is better to fight together than to wait here." die."
It's all said and done, no need to say more.
The six of them seized the time to eat dinner, and set off immediately after all the preparations were complete.This time they moved a lot faster, because the luminous powder hadn't disappeared, and they went straight to the cave along this road.
There was no other firewood in the woods. In order to make a fire to keep warm, everyone ignored the taboo in their hearts. They found a lot of dry branches and lit a bonfire, waiting for the time to pass.
It's seven o'clock, and everyone is still asleep.
At 07:30, someone felt a little drowsy, but it was still within controllable range.
At eight o'clock, they didn't wait for Zhang Zhiyu who was carrying the corpse, but in the deep night, a dull red suddenly appeared on the pale snow.
Qian Wei stood up in shock, "Qu Li! Is that Qu Li?"
An Ning: "It looks like it. There seems to be no other red in this forest except her."
Just at this moment, the dark red figure swayed, and appeared a little far away from them again.
An Ning clenched her fists, turned around and asked Tang Cuo and Jin Cheng, "Do you want to chase?"
Peng Mingfan said, "It might be a trap. She turned around and ran away when she saw us during the day. Why did she appear again now?"
"I'll go." At this moment, Jin Cheng stretched himself and stood up, rubbing his neck, and walked to the entrance of the cave with ease.As far as the eyes can see, Qu Li's figure is further away.
Tang Cuo walked up to him, "Alone?"
Jin Cheng: "Are you worried about me?"
"No." Tang Cuo: "I want to remind you that she is going far away."
Jin Cheng was amused by him, smiled slightly, grabbed Tang Cuo's wrist and put a handcuff on him with a click.Just as Tang Cuo wanted to ask if you were sick, he saw that Jin Cheng had also set one up for himself.
"This is for threading. Don't take it off. If I can't find my way back later, I will never let you go."
After finishing speaking, he waved his hand, leaving everyone with a chic back.
Tang Cuo looked down at his wrist, okay, whoever has the most equipment is the boss.
At [-]:[-], Jin Cheng and Qu Li disappeared from everyone's sight.Everyone was still asleep, looking at the entrance of the cave with different expressions, the only thing in common was probably the worry in their eyes.
Except Tang Cuo.
Tang Cuo wasn't worried about Jin Cheng at all, no matter how difficult this dungeon was, it was only a dungeon in F area, how could it be difficult for the elites in A area.Jin Cheng probably still has a lot of cards in his hands that they don't know about, even if they are all dead, he will not die.
08: 30.
Jin Cheng hadn't returned yet, and everyone hadn't fallen asleep for a long time.
The worries in the cave increased, and Qian Wei couldn't help suggesting to go out to find someone.At this moment, Tang Cuo felt that the handcuffs seemed to be pulled, and he stood up and walked to the entrance of the cave.
"came back."
In the dark wind and snow, Jin Cheng walked back with a person on his shoulders. He was not walking fast, but his steps were not heavy. When he came to the entrance of the cave, he still had the time to ask——
"Are you waiting for me?"
Tang Cuo didn't really want to answer him.
At this moment, Zhao Ping recognized the person Jin Cheng was carrying, and exclaimed, "Li Shuangshuang!"
"Tsk." Jin Cheng was a little annoyed at being interrupted, but he found these people pleasing to the eye, and finally put them down without saying anything.
To be precise, the body was put down.
Tang Cuo looked at the soles of Li Shuangshuang's shoes at first glance, and found that there was nothing on them except some sludge.He raised his head and asked Jin Cheng, "Did you dig this out of the ground?"
Jin Cheng folded his arms: "That's right, Qu Li seems to be trying to lure me over. I've checked it too, and there isn't any powder left at the bottom of the pit."
"What do you mean?" Qian Wei blinked, looked at An Ning and Zhao Ping three times, why did this involve luminous powder again?Peng Mingfan seemed to have thought of something, but for a moment he couldn't figure out the connection, so he frowned slightly.
Tang Cuo didn't have time to explain, he and Jin Cheng exchanged glances.
Jin Cheng's eyes moved slightly, "You mean..."
Tang Cuo: "Go back and find Zhang Zhiyu! Hurry up!"
After all, the two ran out of the cave at the same time.The rest of the people haven't figured it out yet, but the few days of getting along has already given them an indescribable sense of trust in the two of them, and they ran away without saying a word.
But just as Tang Cuo's foot stepped on the edge of the hole, a heavy drowsiness hit his brain.
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
Of the six people, not one was left and all fell down.
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