Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

When the two returned to the study again, the three girls stood up excitedly.

Ye Qingliu stuffed a book into Xu Rendong's hand: "Look at this!"

"What's this?" Lian Qiao leaned over and saw that the cover was still written in Greek, but inside was a lot of pictures, "Huh? A picture book?"

Xu Rendong turned a few pages: "It seems to be a fairy tale. Look, here is a man holding a trident."

"Poseidon, God of the Sea!" Lian Qiao immediately understood what he meant, pointing to another man with a long spear and a large shield, "This should be Zeus, holding the 'Thunder' throwing spear and 'Aegis' 'Giant shield."

Xu Rendong flipped through the entire book quickly, and found that there were not many words in this book, and almost all of them were pictures.If there is a clue hidden on this bookshelf, then this picture book is undoubtedly the best answer.He then spread out the books on the table so that everyone can look for clues together.

The five children gathered around the table to read picture books together, and the atmosphere was surprisingly warm.

Judging from the content, this picture book is indeed about Greek mythology.For example, Prometheus stole fire, Hercules got the golden apple, and Sisyphus pushed the boulder (Note)...

Even if you haven't systematically studied Greek mythology, everyone has heard of these myths more or less when they were young.Therefore, although there are no words, everyone can roughly understand what these stories are talking about just by looking at the pictures.But the last story in the picture book is something that everyone doesn't understand.This is a picture of a beautiful woman, at first she hugged Zeus, but another goddess suddenly fell from the sky and turned the beautiful woman into a man-eating monster.Interestingly, all she ate was children.

"Who is this?" Ye Qingliu scratched his head, pointed at the goddess who fell from the sky, and said, "I think it looks like Zeus' wife is here to catch rape... But hasn't Zeus cheated many times? Which time is this?"

Xu Rendong shook his head, his knowledge of Greek mythology was limited to the stories he had heard when he was a child.Lian Qiao suddenly said, "It's Lamia."

Lamia?

No one had heard of this name, and everyone immediately looked at Lian Qiao in unison.Lian Qiao organized his language and began to tell the story of Lamia.

It turned out that Lamia was favored by Zeus because of her outstanding beauty and became his mistress.But Hera, the queen of heaven, was jealous and killed all Lamia's children in anger, and put a curse on them, turning her into a terrifying basilisk.Under the influence of the curse, Lamia began to hunt and devour children.In order to make her suffer endlessly, Hera even deprived her of sleep so that she could not close her eyes, so that she would keep seeing the scene of her son being killed, so that she lost control of her emotions and kept killing people.

"Can't close your eyes?" Xu Rendong recalled the white basilisk's blood-red eyes without eyelids, and couldn't help but feel hairy, "In this case, it is indeed very similar to the boss this time."

"But there is still a problem." Lian Qiao showed a thoughtful expression, "The clue in this dungeon is 'esophagus'... What does it mean?"

Xu Rendong shook his head.Ye Qingliu was suddenly indignant: "Zeus is a scumbag! He hooks up with women from good families all day long, and the girls he spoiled all the time are miserable! This queen Hera is also, if a scumbag cheats on you, you are a scumbag! What's the point of abusing a mistress? , it will be so satisfying to abuse the scumbag together with the mistress!"

Xu Rendong was helpless.The three views in ancient Greece were different from those of today, and sex was not as restrictive as it is now.Ye Qingliu still cares about whether Zeus is scum or not. Sure enough, men and women look at things differently.

Lian Qiao nodded and said: "You're right. In fact, Zeus also felt that he was a bit of a scumbag. He was embarrassed and wanted to make up for Lamia. But he was a strict wife, and he didn't dare to disobey his wife to lift the curse directly. In the end, he asked A compromise was given to Lamia with the ability to 'take off her own eyes'. Lamia can sleep when she takes off her eyes, so that she can have a short period of time in the endless killing and pain. peaceful."

After everyone listened, there was a silence.It seems that this time the boss Lamia is actually a victim, but as a hunted target, everyone really has no position to sympathize with her.

Lian Qiao said: "According to the myth, Lamia came out to hunt children at night, and took off his eyeballs to sleep during the day. It seems that this boss is indeed acting like this."

Everyone nodded.

"Then here comes the question." Lian Qiao paused, looking at Xu Rendong.

Liandong instantly understood what he meant.

Since Lamia sleeps during the day, if she steals her eyeballs while she is asleep, won't she be able to chase them down?

With this in mind, he exchanged glances with Lian Qiao.Lian Qiao smiled with his eyes bent, confirming that the two were thinking the same thing.

The other three newbie girls haven't reacted yet.Ye Qingliu was even more annoyed and said: "What are you two doing flirting with each other? Can you speak clearly? We outsiders don't have the tacit understanding like you."

The word "tacit understanding" somehow made Xu Rendong feel very good.But he was not in a hurry to explain, just said with a smile: "I guess other people have explored about the same. Let's gather people together and share the information we have collected."

The other group was led by that little fat man, and there were about ten people.In addition to the little fat man who can do things, and Ren Gaoyuan who is the biggest, there are also a few old players.They have a large team, and under the leadership of the old players, they explored all the rooms on the first floor separately.

At the call of the big man Lonicera, everyone gathered in the study on the second floor.A dozen or so three- and five-year-old children sat in a circle on the carpet, holding a meeting in a serious manner.

Xu Rendong first told the harvest of their group.Sure enough, after hearing Lamia's story, everyone's expressions were very bad.Although Lian Qiao proposed to sneak attack when Lamia took off his eyeballs, no one has found Lamia's hiding place so far, so there is no way to mention the sneak attack.

"What about you? Did you find anything?" Xu Rendong asked.

The little fat man said with a sad face, "It's not as rewarding as yours. We checked every room carefully and found no clues."

Xu Rendong nodded, and the little fat man said again: "The only harvest is a bag of milk powder, and I brought it for you."

Xu Rendong saw that it was the bag of milk powder in the kitchen.Before leaving the kitchen in the morning, he hid the formula in an inconspicuous place.But since half of their team are old players, it's normal to find milk powder.

He took it and was surprised to find that the bag was much lighter than last night.

"Are you drinking milk powder?!" Xu Rendong's expression changed drastically.

"That's right." There was a hint of arrogance and complacency in the little fat man's expression, and he glanced at Xu Rendong's five-member team, pretending to be considerate, "Oh, don't worry, I left enough weight for you, one person Half a glass is fine." He said and winked at his teammates, "Everyone in our team only drank half a glass, right?"

Fatty's teammates nodded one after another.Xu Rendong's heart sank, he knew that these people would not live long.

This behavior of the little fat man is obviously establishing a status for himself, making everyone feel that there is something to eat with him.They purposely left only a little milk powder, so that Ye Qingliu and the three rookies would regret standing on the wrong team, and even switch to another team on the spot.From this point of view, what he said "no clues were found" may not be true.But he foolishly told them all the information they had here.

...The abacus was well calculated, but unfortunately, the little fat man didn't know that drinking milk powder was a condition for death.

Xu Rendong felt a deep powerlessness: "You are obviously an old player, how dare you eat the food here casually? And let everyone eat together..."

The little fat man misunderstood the reason for his helplessness, and smugly smiled self-righteously: "Don't think I don't know, you have already eaten it secretly. There is still powder on the mouth of the milk powder bag!" He looked at Xu Rendong, and then glanced contemptuously at Lian Qiao glanced, "The two of you disappeared early in the morning, you must have been hiding in the kitchen and stealing milk powder! You even hid the milk powder, you are damned, your heart is damning!"

Xu Rendong was speechless.He hid the milk powder because he was afraid that some newcomers would steal the milk powder and trigger the death condition.As for the old players, he thought that experienced people would not take risks easily, let alone eat milk powder.Unexpectedly, it turned out to be self-defeating, causing the old players to misunderstand that he was hiding food, and even shared it with all his partners with confidence and boldness on the grounds that "he has already eaten it and he is still alive".

This is all right, these dozen people are all dead tonight.

Xu Rendong's silence made the little fat man even more domineering.He turned his head and said to his teammates: "Hey, look, some people, relying on their rich experience, bully innocent newcomers. If I hadn't seen through his trick in time, everyone is still hungry Where's the belly!"

Ren Gaofei also snorted coldly: "Oh, people's hearts are sinister."

The three newcomers on Xu Rendong's side didn't know about the death conditions yet, so they looked at each other with hesitation on their faces.Xu Rendong was afraid that they would not be able to resist the temptation of food, and was about to tell the truth about the milk powder, but Lian Qiao squeezed his hand lightly, and gave him a "no" wink.

Xu Rendong was taken aback.Lian Qiao said: "Brother Liandong, let's go down and have a look. I'm worried about the room they visited, let's go and look again."

The little fat man was furious when he heard the words, and the fat on his face wrinkled together: "Are you doubting me? Do you know how many times I have passed the level? You are just a rookie who came in for the second time. When will it be your turn here?" say something!"

Saying such things with the body of a five-year-old child seems very inconsistent and makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Xu Rendong wanted to refute back, but Lian Qiao stopped him with his eyes.Xu Rendong realized that Lian Qiao had other plans, so he ignored the little fat man's provocation, and nodded to Lian Qiao: "Okay, let's go."

The two held hands and walked towards the door, leaving the little fat man gnashing his teeth angrily, and shouted angrily behind the two: "Why are you so out of gregarious! Is there any way for you to survive like this!"

Xu Rendong paused.The little fat man was overjoyed, thinking that he had changed his mind, but Xu Rendong just turned around and called: "Qingliu."

"Here we come!" Ye Qingliu picked up the baby and followed.After taking two steps, he turned back, picked up the remaining half bag of milk powder and said, "Thank you." Then he chased after Xu Liandong without thinking.

Fatty was so angry that his eyes were burning, he turned his head and glared at the remaining two newcomer girls: "What do you say?"

The two girls looked at each other, and one asked timidly, "Can we still join your team?"

The other grabbed her and whispered, "But the milk powder is in Sister Qingliu's hands..."

The little fat man changed his face in a second, and his expression softened: "Don't worry, food is not a problem." He took out a small bag from his pocket, which was full of white powder.His eyes were full of sly and proud light, "There is more than one bag of milk powder in the monastery, all of them are here!"

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Note: Sisyphus pushing the boulder: Sisyphus is a figure in Greek mythology, similar to the more tragic Oedipus King, Sisyphus was the founder and king of Corinth.He even once kidnapped the god of death, so that there is no death in the world.In the end, Sisyphus offended the gods. In order to punish Sisyphus, the gods asked him to push a boulder up to the top of the mountain, but because the boulder was too heavy, it rolled down the mountain before reaching the top of the mountain, and all previous efforts were wasted. Just do it over and over again and without end--the gods think there is no more severe punishment than to perform such futile and hopeless labor.Sisyphus's life was slowly exhausted in such a futile and hopeless labor. ——The above is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia.Many works refer to this story, such as the movie "Horror Cruise" and the game "Stones;Gate".