midnight ten

The suspension bridge is long and narrow. It is built over the abyss. It looks a little thin. As the cold wind shakes in the early morning, the hinges make a slight friction sound.

At the end is the main entrance of the castle.

The passers-by looked at each other in blank dismay. They had experienced too many pitfalls before and had almost no chance to catch their breath. Suddenly they said that they could enter the rest area. It was really hard for people to feel completely at ease.Especially this old suspension bridge seems to be extremely unsafe, and the old castle leading to it is even more gloomy and treacherous. Even if this is an inevitable 6/10, they can at least make some safety preparations in advance...

"Squeak-"

Very good, the nearest Bailu is directly on the bridge.

After stepping up, Team Leader Bai didn't look back, and walked forward leisurely, looking down from time to time, admiring the abyss with great interest.

Zhou Yunhui, who was still in place, held his forehead speechlessly, and Cui Zhan, who was next to him, said with emotion: "I have seen someone who is more tiger than you."

Cui Zhan disagreed: "What eyes do you have? There is an essential difference between me and that guy."

Zhou Yunhui slanted at him: "They're all reckless, what's the difference?"

Cui Zhan put his hands in his pockets, with a chic posture: "I am passionate, and he is willful to death."

Zhou Yunhui: "..."

Well, there's really no double standard at all.

With the white road slanting, everyone no longer hesitated, followed one by one, and walked onto the suspension bridge.

The narrow suspension bridge can only allow one person to pass through, and more than forty passers-by lined up in a long line, filling the entire bridge one after another.It was not until the white road in front of him jumped off the bridge slab and came to the main gate of the old castle. Fan Peiyang was the last in line on the other side of the cliff, and he didn't go on the bridge.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and all 45 people passed the suspension bridge.

The hinges worked again, and the drawbridge slowly retracted.

At the same time, the gate of the castle opened slowly, and what everyone saw was a dark corridor. Candles were burning on the walls on both sides of the corridor, but the light was too weak to barely reflect the dark red carpet on the ground.

At the end of the corridor, shrouded in black shadows, the scene cannot be seen clearly.

All the passers-by filed in, and the gate of the castle closed again behind them.

Everyone walked along the corridor for about two or three minutes, and finally the vision opened up—at the end of the corridor was a banquet hall.

All kinds of hourglasses are covered in every corner of the banquet hall. Some are as big and beautiful as floor lamps placed by the wall, some are as small and delicate as ornaments and are filled with shelves on the fireplace, and some are as big as clocks. The wall-mounted candle holders can only find the gap between the hourglasses.

All the hourglasses are flowing, and the fine sand is falling from the gap in the middle, forming a small pile of sand silently below.

In the center of the banquet hall, there is a long table table covered with exquisite table flags. It is filled with delicious food and wine, some of which seem to be freshly baked, and are still steaming.

The only fly in the ointment is that the fireplace is cold, dark, and there is no fire at all.The banquet hall, which only relies on dim candlelight, looks as eerie as the previous corridors, especially the various hourglasses, which make this place even more eerie.

Empty chairs are neatly arranged on both sides of the table, as if inviting guests to sit down.

"23..." Tanhua spoke suddenly, her voice was low, but it was still clear in the quiet banquet hall.

"What 23?" the monk asked puzzled.

"The number of seats," Guan Lan answered him, looking at the two rows of empty chairs on the left and right of the desk, and said, "23 on the left and 22 on the right, exactly 45."

45, their current number.

"What's so strange about this?" Cui Zhan pulled out a chair nearby and sat down carelessly. "The owl system can keep such a large level world running, and there are still many passers-by who want to get our number in advance. so easy."

Tang Lin was not far from Cui Zhan, and said calmly: "I think what Team Leader Guan and the others really care about is not the number of chairs, but the only place for us here. What about the people who broke through this level before us?"

A wake-up call.

After all the passers-by finally knew why they entered the so-called rest area, they still felt uneasy.

It’s not that the light is dim, it’s not that the castle is gloomy, but the sense of incongruity hidden under these—it’s too quiet and empty here.

Rest area, as the name suggests, all passers of the previous level can rest here.The order of their customs clearance may be sooner or later, but as long as they do not enter the next level, this will become their long-term residence.

For example, the 2/10 Water World Hotel, the 3/10 rest area, and even the 1/10 underground city are full of people coming and going, lively and lively.

"Could it be that...all the people who came before us have cleared the level?" Cong Yue speculated optimistically.

Zheng Luozhu narrowed his eyes and glanced at him, imitating Mr. Fan in a good way: "The fatter you are."

Cong Yue shrank his neck: "I'm just throwing bricks to attract jade..."

"It's impossible to pass all the customs." Bai Lu obliquely stretched out his hand to pick up a piece of ham from the dinner plate and put it in his mouth, smash it, it tastes good, "it's almost as good as it is all dead."

Someone blackened his face: "If you can't speak, shut up!"

Bai Lu glanced leisurely at the side, his eyes lazy.

The passer-by who had just finished teasing him suddenly froze, and started hitting the wall in the next second.

Fortunately, the person next to him had sharp eyes and quick hands, and stopped him.

Xu Dingdong was startled, and quickly grabbed Bai Lu's arm: "Captain—"

No matter how you hear this sound, you feel helpless, frustrated, and earnest.

Bai Lu lowered his eyes sideways, staring at the hand holding his arm.

The passerby who was desperately trying to bang against the big wall finally stopped, his legs softened, and he sat on the ground, not realizing what happened to him.

All the passers-by were also in a cold sweat.

What's scary is not only Bai Luxie's mental manipulation of the stationery tree, but his extreme capriciousness of doing whatever he wants, regardless of who you are, is even more terrifying!

Xu Dingdong quickly withdrew his hand the next second Bai Lu stared at him sideways.

Even so, Bai Luxie still frowned dissatisfiedly: "What did I say?"

Xu Dingdong lowered his head, and obediently repeated what Bai Luxie had warned him when he first formed the team: "I don't like physical contact."

"You can only see, not touch." Jiang Cheng, who also remembered it in his heart, completed the second half.

All passers-by: "..."

It is common for the team leader to set standards or prohibitions for the team members, but this is the first time I have heard such an inhuman request of "only seeing but not touching".

Are you fragile!

In the entire banquet hall, only He Lu was lost in thought.

He tried his best to recall whether he had ever encountered Bai Luxie when he was trying to survive on the isolated island. It was really hard to be sure.For so many days, from convincing Bai Luxie to join the gang, to stopping the other party's willfulness again and again, to finding edible plants together, no matter how I think about it, it is impossible to have no physical contact at all.But if there is, Bai Luxie never got mad about it...

Ignoring the unspeakable words of all the passers-by, Bai Lu shrugged obliquely, and said calmly to the two team members: "One more time, break up on the spot."

He doesn't seem to care about such a big event as disbanding the organization team.

Xu Dingdong and Jiang Cheng secretly exchanged glances, and said in unison tacitly: "Understood!"

Bai Luxie didn't want to be the team leader at all, this was something they knew when they formed the team.But Bai Luxie has strength. Although he is a bit willful, in the checkpoint, survival is the first priority. The two of them are different from Dingbai Luxie. They must not let the other party find the slightest chance to resign.

Bai Luxie was still looking forward to being rebelled and rebelled, and then it would be a matter of course to quit. Facing the two extremely well-behaved faces, feeling depressed, he sat down and took a long gulp from the cup at hand.

The light was too dim, Bai Luxie didn't notice what was in the cup at all.

With one bite, his facial features wrinkled together.

It's red wine.

Bai Luxie hated all alcoholic beverages, all alcoholic drinks tasted like bitter melon juice to him.

The bad mood was covered with another layer of haze, Bai Lu obliquely dropped the goblet, looked around, and was going to find the guy who dared to choke with him just now to continue venting his anger.

The passers-by who suffered a loss once quietly hid in the crowd, pretending to discuss, but actually hiding.

Fortunately, the passers-by in the discussion did not pay attention to him.

"Whether it's all customs clearance, or... In short, it can be confirmed that long-term stays are not allowed in this rest area."

"Don't be so absolute, maybe they live in the castle, but they can't come to this banquet hall."

"If everyone is in the rest area, is there any reason to separate different batches of people?"

"Hey, you big organizations, didn't the people above tell you what happened on 6/10?"

"Don't tell me anything related to the level, don't you know?"

"The situation in the rest area is not good?"

"I don't know. Anyway, the information given by the higher-ups is that the entire 6/10 is in the range of 'unspeakable'."

"Damn, it won't start from the rest area, let's count it as a checkpoint..."

The discussion was in full swing. At the end of the long table, a projection screen suddenly popped up in mid-air, and a faint cold light lit up in the dark banquet hall.

"Long time no see, do you miss me? I miss you very much~~~" An owl fluttered from the edge of the projection screen to the center of the projection screen, with familiar big eyes and familiar roundness.

All the passers-by became quiet all of a sudden, and they all went to watch the projection screen together.

They don't miss it, they don't want to see it at all if possible.

Unlike the straightforward <cheat sheet>, every time this owl appears, it makes them more intuitively feel the malice of the level.

"Why don't you eat?" The little owl tilted his head left and right as if he could see the dining table, "Don't be nervous, just sit down and have a good meal. After eating, you will have the strength to play games with me~~ "

All passers-by: "..."

Zheng Luozhu: "Farewell, what do you want to play, just talk about it." The knife is hanging on the neck, what else do you want to eat.

The fatter he was, he said, "Well, why don't you eat something first?"

Zheng Luozhu was furious: "You have no spine!"

The more fat and wronged: "I'm hungry..."

His grievance and sadness made his stomach growl when he didn't feel anything at all.

Being able to get here, everyone has already developed a strong psychological quality. Since they are allowed to eat, they should sit in rows and eat and drink.

Cui Zhan, who had sat down to eat 10 minutes ago, was full. Now, with a gnawed chicken leg bone in his mouth, he turned sideways and raised his head to look at me and you with the little owl.

After looking at each other for a while, Team Leader Cui asked him, "Little bird, have you gained weight?"

The little owl was rolling around. Hearing this, he paused and stopped on the left side of the projection screen, like a disc stuck.

Zhou Yunhui on the opposite side of the table had never seen such a boring person, and couldn't take it anymore and said, "Cui Zhan, are you full?"

Cui Zhan rubbed his stomach full of food and drink and looked over, with rare sincerity: "Yes."

Zhou Yunhui: "..."

He didn't need to ask.

In this way, 45 people ate and drank under the gaze of the little owl.

The voices at the dining table are getting quieter, and more and more people are looking at the screen.

Finally, the little owl spread its wings and flew from the lower right corner of the projection screen to the upper left corner of the projection screen. The flight trajectory drew a diagonal line on the projection screen, and the diagonal line slowly opened the projection screen like a curtain. , revealing a line of words——

[Can you rest here for () days? 】

All the passers-by stared at the projection screen, especially at the blank bracket. For a long time, no one spoke.

They didn't say anything, and the little owl didn't say anything, just stared and stayed still.

Until Edogawa, who was rising every step of the way, broke the silence: "Are you... let us fill in the blank?"

The little owl, who seemed to have been waiting for an interaction, finally became active: "You guessed wrong~~ This is a game reward!"

Edogawa: "Reward?"

Little Owl: "Next, you have to play a small game with me. I will tell a story, but each key point of the story is up to you to choose the next step until the final story is completed. The more exciting the story you complete, the better the story will be. The more rest days you get~~"

All passers-by: "..."

It's all in the rest area, and you still have to play games to get a break?

"How many days can I rest at most?" Tang Lin asked.

The little owl tilted its head: "I don't know, it depends on your stories."

Tang Rin: "The rest time is over, what will happen to us?"

Little Owl: "Automatically enter the upper checkpoint area of ​​the castle~~"

Tang Lin is fine.

He believed that other people also understood why they were the only newcomers in the castle.

Because those who came before were forced to enter the checkpoint at the end of the prescribed rest time, no matter what they wanted, whether they could pass the checkpoint or not.

"Okay, the question time is over," the little owl bounced up and down on the spot, "now the game starts~~"

With the ending sound, the ground under the long table case suddenly opened, and the table case sank together with the food, cups and plates on it, sinking into the bottomless darkness.

Two seconds later, another long table rose from the ground. There were no more table flags, cups and plates. There were 45 "buttons" placed on the clean table, and each button corresponded to a challenger. There are four buttons "red (A) yellow (B) blue (C) green (D)".

The little owl disappeared, and lines of words began to appear on the projection screen——

[You walk into an old castle, and there is a long corridor in front of you.The dark moon has no light, and I can’t see anything clearly. You have matches, lighters, and candlesticks at hand, and you will... A. Light up a match; B. Light the lighter; C. Light the candlestick; D. Go forward in the dark]

"Please choose on the button in front of you," the little owl's voice suddenly appeared, cheerful and joking, "The story will continue to develop according to the one with the most people, remember to work hard to make the story exciting~~ "

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you.

There was no voice outside, the banquet hall was very quiet, only the faint sound of candlelight.

The fire was too dim, even if they were very close, it was difficult to see each other's faces clearly.

"Knock knock."

Someone was banging their knuckles on the table.

Thirteenth Yao of Lotus: "Everyone, I don't know what you think, but we are in the old castle now, and this story is also in the old castle. Is there such a coincidence?"

Touch him gently with your elbow.

Thirteen Yao frowned: "Why are you touching me, I doubt it for any reason?"

Qing Yishi covered half of his face in embarrassment, and whispered: "You think you're the only one who saw it?"

Thirteen Yao was taken aback, raised his head and stretched his neck to look around the table.

In fact, he couldn't see everyone's expressions clearly, but he understood the caution from the fact that no one pressed the selection button for a long time.

Dare to love everyone is clear in their hearts.

This is not choosing the direction of the story, this is likely to choose the big pit they will face in the future!

"Candlestick," Donut Monk, who couldn't stand the torment, slapped the table. "The candlestick is the brightest, and you can see it most clearly. You won't be afraid of any ghosts and ghosts!"

"No," Wu Wufen, who is also a donut, was the first to veto, "Any fool knows that the candlestick is the brightest, and it is a trap at first sight."

Monk: "..."

A small number of fingers have hovered over the partner above the C button: "..."

The voice of the little owl came again, urging: "You only have 1 minute left to choose. When the time is up, those who have not chosen will be randomly assigned by the system~~"

"It doesn't matter," the monk said simply and rudely, "I will be C."

Fifty-five points: "Be safe, I'll choose a lighter."

Tanhua: "If it's too safe, the story won't look good, and there will be less rest time, right?"

Whole Wheat: "If you want to rest more, the story must be wonderful. If the story is wonderful, it is easy to die. Life is too difficult..."

"I want to choose a match," Nan Ge discussed with his partner, "Once it lights up and finds something wrong, it's easier to blow it out immediately..."

1 minutes passed in a flash.

In fact, many small teams did not discuss any results, and everyone can only choose according to their own sixth sense.

"Ding!"

As the last person is selected, the screen on the projection screen suddenly turns into a four-line list of A, B, C, and D. Behind each option, there are photos of the passers-by who chose him, so you can clearly see who chose what.

In this first selection, 15 people chose A. matches, 13 people chose B. lighters, 7 people chose C. candlesticks, and 10 people chose D. moving forward in the dark.

The 35 partners who chose ABC couldn't help but be curious: "Those who chose 'D. Walking in the dark', I will give you ten seconds, can you explain the specific mental journey..."

If this is really a story about what they will encounter in the future, how hard it is to have to grope in the dark!

Screencasting did not give everyone time to debate, and the most people chose A. Match, and the story immediately opened a new chapter——

[You strike a match, and a little owl appears in the light of the fire. It says that you can grant one of your wishes, and you will want... A. A dagger with anesthesia effect; B. A dagger with six bullets Revolver. Gun; C. A map of an old castle; D. An ice cream cone]

All passers-by: "..."

Is this the copyright fee for "The Little Match Girl" and "Aladdin's Magic Lamp"? ?

The author has something to say: it’s an hourglass castle, not a sand sculpture castle, you guys will worry me to death QAQ