The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

When Xiao Lou and his party returned to the city this time, they chose Moon City.

At the beginning, Lao Mo rented a small three-story villa in the suburbs of Moon City as a team base. Before challenging the Chamber of Two Kings, Xiao Lou wanted to calm down and rest here, recharge his batteries and make full preparations. .

It happened to be night in Moon City at this time. After entering the villa, Lu Jiuchuan looked around the environment of the house and couldn't help but praise: "Your living environment is quite tall, and the decoration is very delicate."

Xiao Lou glanced at Lao Mo and said, "The decoration of this house was designed by Lao Mo himself."

Lu Jiuchuan gave a thumbs up: "No wonder you are so professional."

Old Mo laughed and said: "I just messed around with it. Actually, this house was rented by the team I joined for the first time. At that time, I didn't know how long I would stay in the card world, so I wanted to clean it up. Where to live, I didn't expect... oh..."

Thinking of his teammates who were eliminated in Zhou Chang's secret room at that time, Lao Mo's smile gradually faded away.

Tang Ci came over and said, "Your teammate, did you encounter the hunter in Zhou Chang in the rotating maze?"

Lao Mo nodded: "Yes, I was the only one who survived..."

When Lao Mo joined the team, he also told Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang in detail that he was able to escape that Zhou Chang because of his excellent perception of space.The path of the rotating maze keeps changing. He moved around in the maze to avoid the pursuit of hunters, and found the exit at the last moment and saved his life.

But his teammates were all killed that week.

Tang Ci took out the computer, called up a row of data, and said to Xiao Lou: "The elimination rate of the Zhouchang secret room in the rotating maze was about 80%. All challengers who were forcibly pulled into the secret room without staggering the time will eventually Only 20% survived."

Such an elimination rate is indeed terrifying. Except for the challengers who happen to be in other secret rooms at that time, they can avoid the weekly missions, and the rest will be forcibly dragged into the weekly secret room.There are certainly not a few people who lost teammates like Lao Mo.It's hard to imagine how Lao Mo's perseverance persisted when the people around him suddenly disappeared and he was left alone.

Lu Jiuchuan was deeply touched by this. He walked up to Lao Mo, patted him on the shoulder lightly, and sighed, "It's not easy for you. I heard that you have a daughter who is still in high school this year?"

Lao Mo nodded: "If my daughter hadn't been taken care of, I wouldn't have persisted until now." He turned to look at Xiao Lou: "It's my luck to meet Professor Xiao and Team Yu and join the new team , I was able to pass all the way to K’s secret room.”

"Old Mo, you have also helped us a lot. Without you, we would have been unable to find our way through the maze several times." Xiao Louwen said, "We will definitely go back, and your daughter will definitely be waiting for you in the real world. "

Speaking of this topic, everyone's eyes turned red. Each of them had a reason to go back, and there was no reason to give up.However, those hunters in K's secret room made everyone feel chills when they thought about it.

Yu Hanjiang frowned, and said in a low voice: "About the hunter, we must search for as many clues as possible. This is our last chance." He walked up to Tang Ci, looked at the computer screen and asked, "Mr. Tang, what can we do? Have you found those three brothers? Do they have any other teammates who are still alive?"

Tang Ci shook his head: "No. According to the data, the three of them formed a team and came to Moon City after clearing Spade 4. However, the three of them were so unlucky that they came to Moon City on Friday. , before I was ready, I was forcibly pulled into that labyrinth at midnight on Saturday."

Ye Qi couldn't help complaining: "Then they are too unlucky, aren't they? They don't seem to be able to use those cards in the maze and secret room?"

Lao Mo had personally experienced the spinning maze, and agreed: "The maze was completely closed, and their cards were really useless. The kite couldn't fly, the tornado couldn't destroy the environment of the maze, and the only usable crystal ball couldn't do it." It may be because the card owner didn't react fast enough to activate the skill."

Liu Qiaodao: "That is to say, they were dragged into the high-difficulty weekly dungeon as soon as they walked out of Xinshou Village. When they were unprepared, they encountered hunters unluckily, and they were killed, and the cards were dropped. In the hands of the hunter."

Tang Ci said: "This is indeed the most reasonable guess."

He glanced at Lu Jiuchuan and lowered his voice: "What's even more frightening is that like the three brothers, there are countless people eliminated in the novice stage. In addition to Zhou Chang's 80% elimination rate in the secret room, there are also many spades. , There are also hunters haunting the Plum Blossom Chamber, assuming that the cards of those challengers who were killed will fall into the hands of the hunters, then the strength of the hunters..."

Lu Jiuchuan said with a sullen face: "It will far exceed our expectations."

It is estimated that the cards on the eliminated challengers should not be particularly strong, otherwise they would not be so easy to kill. However, quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes. As long as a challenger has one S card, they will kill ten, one hundred, How about a thousand?

The hunter organization has a huge amount of cards, but it is still not sure how they distribute the cards. Whoever picks up the head will get it?Or allocate high-strength cards according to combat achievements?

Tang Ci looked serious: "What's even more strange is that apart from these three brothers, the other cards you mentioned, such as Dark Alley, Poisoned Silver Needle, Red Oiled Paper Umbrella, Illusion Duplication, etc., cannot be checked from the database. Now, I can't determine the source of these cards."

Xiao Lou speculated: "Could it be that some single challengers kept their cards secret and fell into the hands of the hunters after death? Or, after the hunters completed the assigned tasks, like us, they also Can I extract the treasure chest?"

Tang Ci stared at the screen thoughtfully: "Both are possible. Suppose, this card world consists of three groups of people: challengers, hunters, and innocent aborigines. The task of our challengers is to shuttle between Different secret room spaces solve puzzles, the task of the hunter is to kill us, and the aborigines are like NPCs in the game, which play a role in promoting the plot.”

Ye Qi, who often plays online games, immediately nodded in agreement and said, "In this way, most of the doubts can be explained. The aborigines are NPCs, which will affect the plot of some dungeons; our challengers and hunters are opposites. 'Player', the missions are different. We clear the dungeon and draw treasure chests to get rewards, hunters kill us to pick up equipment, or complete missions to draw treasure chests to get rewards?"

Liu Qiao couldn't help but said: "In this way, isn't it unfair to us? Not only do we have to deal with difficult NPCs, but also hunters who want our lives at any time... And hunters only need to stare at us. Just let us kill it?"

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "Perhaps hunters also have special tasks. For example, in a certain secret room, a few people must be killed to pass the level. In the Q secret room, the replicants deliberately led us to Is it the Mermaid Palace?"

Xiao Lou bowed his head and pondered for a moment, and said: "Han Jiang is also reasonable. During the period when Brother Nine was undercover in the hunter organization, he was constantly accepting tasks and traveling in different worlds to hunt and kill 'outsiders'. It may be that Brother Nine was I didn’t get in touch with the high-level hunters, and the tasks I received were relatively simple.”

Lu Jiuchuan said: "It seems that in that concert stampede, Luo Yan, the queen of music, received a difficult hunting mission? She killed thousands of people with one concert!"

Recalling the hellish concert scene at that time, the deafening screams around him seemed to be still in his ears, Xiao Lou couldn't help turning pale, and said: "For them, killing people is a common practice, they have long been numb, probably after their In his eyes, human life is worthless, and killing thousands of people is like trampling a group of ants to death."

Facing such a terrifying organization, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

Ye Qi asked: "Have you really decided to go to the Chamber of Secrets of the Two Kings? This time, maybe there will be no return, and you will die there..."

Xiao Lou looked at his teammates gently: "You can also choose the ultimate reward gift package and stay in the card world. If someone doesn't want to take risks, they can find the double king to get the reward now and quit the team. I respect everyone's choice .”

The room suddenly fell silent. Although everyone was struggling, no one wanted to give up at this moment.

Yu Hanjiang glanced at his teammates one by one, and said calmly: "Since no one has given up, let's give it our all. Let's take a good rest tonight and recharge our spirits; in the remaining three days, we will practice our cards carefully until they are perfect. It even formed a life-saving response of conditioned reflex when being attacked."

Lu Jiuchuan said: "Han Jiang and I are responsible for this. During the three-day special training, we will teach you some contingency strategies for heads-ups based on the cards in your hands. While ensuring rest, you can't Too lax."

Xiao Lou suddenly looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, "By the way, should we agree on a secret sign?"

Yu Hanjiang was startled: "A password?"

He quickly understood what Xiao Lou meant, and said, "Are you worried that another clone will appear?"

Xiao Loudao: "After all, the duplicants in the Q secret room caused us to almost die in the interstellar world. This has to be guarded against. Besides, in addition to duplicators, hunters may also have cards that can duplicate appearances? Like Nine Brother’s [Masque] and Liu Qiao’s [Twins], can’t they all copy the image of a character?”

It is said that everything must be guarded against, and family thieves are hard to guard against. They are not afraid of hunters coming, but they are afraid that someone will pretend to be familiar teammates such as Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, and suddenly stab them in the back when they are not prepared.

Xiao Lou's concerns really need to be taken seriously.

Yu Hanjiang made a decisive decision: "Let's do this, from now on, each of us will say a few words to our teammates, and whisper in the ears of our teammates, so as not to be monitored."

Xiao Lou reminded: "It's better that this passage has nothing to do with the card world, and it doesn't have much to do with your experience in the real world. The more natural the conversation, the better. For example, what did you eat today, and the weather is not bad today?" It is a daily conversation that is not likely to arouse suspicion, but the answer must be special, and it is not easy to get it right by chance."

Yu Hanjiang added: "After entering Shuangwangguan, I don't know whether we will be together or separated. Assuming that we are separated at the beginning, when you meet any teammate, you must first ask the opponent's password. If the password is wrong, you must pay attention to the other party. Possibly a hunter in disguise."

Everyone: "..."

It's just like a spy drama.The next time you meet in a secret room, you have to chat for a while before you can determine whether the other party is a friendly army or an enemy army.

Everyone began to rack their brains to think about this "signature". Yu Hanjiang suddenly leaned into Xiao Lou's ear and said in a low voice, "Does Professor Xiao have a girlfriend? I have a beautiful colleague. Would you like to introduce it to you?"

Xiao Lou thought for a while, then leaned into Yu Hanjiang's ear and replied, "No, I already have someone I like, and I'm planning to visit his parents in two days."

The corner of Yu Hanjiang's mouth was lightly raised. Seeing that his teammates were checking the codes two by two, he moved his lips forward, kissed Xiao Lou's ear lightly, and said in a low voice, "My parents will definitely like you very much."

Xiao Lou's ears turned red, and he said, "Can you be more serious about the code?"

Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "This code between us, do you think anyone can guess the correct answer?"

Xiao Lou thinks about it too. It is really difficult to match word for word. This is also a little secret between them.

Half an hour later, the teammates had already checked the codes. Xiao Lou listened to what the other ten people said to him, and took notes carefully.Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Lou suggested that everyone go to bed first, and wake up the next day to receive special training from Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang.

In the next three days, except for Tang Ci who has been checking the hunter-related information, everyone else has to follow Lu Jiuchuan and Yu Hanjiang to practice their reaction skills every day, such as how to protect themselves when they are attacked from behind; Sounds, breathing sounds to judge the opponent's position, etc...

Although this knowledge cannot be fully grasped in the short term, it is better than nothing, and it may be of some help at critical moments.

Three days passed quickly, and on the last day, Xiao Lou personally cooked and cooked a hearty dinner for everyone.

Professor Xiao's culinary skills have always been well received, but during this meal, everyone always felt uncomfortable after eating. Lu Jiuchuan boldly opened a bottle of red wine, filled twelve glasses, stood up and said, "Don't be so embarrassing, we Should be happy!"

Tang Ci was startled, his pale face eased slightly, and said: "Actually, for all of us, we have died once in the real world, and being able to live again in the card world is already a blessing from heaven. "

Xiao Lou also stood up and said, "What's more, I met you... so many friends in this world."

Ye Qi smiled and said: "Yes! I don't think it's a loss no matter what. I've lived a new life, and I can still clear the level with so many friends until now. I'm very content! If I didn't meet everyone, maybe I would be in the 5 of spades and 5 of hearts will be eliminated."

Long Sen scratched his head and said, "Me and Wanyue are the same, thanks to everyone. I'm stupid and not very good at talking. Otherwise, if I can really return to the real world, when Wanyue and I get married, all of you will be paid for the air tickets and accommodations." All inclusive, please come and have a glass of wedding wine!"

Qu Wanyue's eyes were slightly red, she raised her glass and said, "It's worth living in this world once to meet you."

Gui Yuanzhang said: "I am an old bone, I have long been indifferent to life and death. I don't have much concern in the real world, but I admire your courage. Now that you have set your goal, you will go to the end."

Lao Mo joked: "After you go back, you can come to me to buy a house and decorate it. I will personally design it for you, and you will be satisfied!"

Shao Qingge said with a smile: "Look for me for investment and financial management, and I will help you make money."

Liu Qiao has always been calm, and her eyes were a little red at this time. She looked at everyone and said, "I hope that after returning to reality, I can save my sister, graduate smoothly, and become a good doctor. Thank you for taking care of me during this time." .”

Chu Huaying didn't talk much, and said lightly: "Don't be too pessimistic, the worst is to die again, there is nothing to be afraid of."

Yu Hanjiang finally raised his glass and said, "Everyone drank this drink, for everyone's encounter, and for the last secret room. If we can return to the real world, we will still be friends for life. If we can't leave alive..."

He paused, his eyes were calm and firm, but when he looked at Xiao Lou, there was a hint of tenderness: "It's not worth living in vain."

Xiao Lou smiled at him, and everyone drank the red wine in their glasses together.

The clock points to 23:59.

Xiao Lou opened his personal space, and saw the familiar wall of cards, and the last card that appeared alternately with big and small kings, and the only card without the "cleared" mark.

He stretched out his hand and gently drew the last card from the card wall.