Escape from the Madhouse [Unlimited]

After hearing Zhou Qian's words, He Xiaowei was still quite worried.He always felt that Zhou Qian might have to observe something by himself.But without Zhou Qian, he would have died a long time ago. Thinking of this, He Xiaowei no longer hesitated. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, he prepared to walk towards the three NPCs.

But before he walked over, Zhou Qian suddenly patted his shoulder.

"Wait." Zhou Qian said.

"What's wrong?" He Xiaowei asked him.

"My son is back." After Zhou Qian finished speaking, he fell silent for a while.

He Xiaowei turned around to ask something, and saw a dark blue dragon standing on Zhou Qian's shoulder, whispering something to him.

After a while, Zhou Qian raised his head, looked at He Xiaowei and said, "Paper, rock, scissors, scissors, paper, rock. The first six guessing games will be played in this order."

He Xiaowei's eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands, and asked him in a low voice: "So what does this mean? In this way, will I win or lose?"

"What's the final result? I'm still saying, feel free. But if you play six rounds first, you can delay the time." Zhou Qian said.

"Just... delaying time?" He Xiaowei frowned.

"Yes. I need some time to find out the clues of this game."

Zhou Qian said, "I don't know how many rounds this game will take. No matter who wins and loses in the fist guessing game at the beginning, there will inevitably be a situation where players need to run in circles in the end. Just delay the time, and leave the rest to me."

Although after getting acquainted with Zhou Qian, He Xiaowei sometimes likes to talk about Zhou Qian.But that's when it's just a joke.

By now, he had actually completely trusted Zhou Qian in every aspect, and immediately recited the sequence of punches that Zhou Qian said twice in his heart, just as the village chief began to urge him, he went to the final decisive field.

The other three NPC winners consisted of two men and one woman. After He Xiaowei joined, it became a three men and one woman guessing game.

He Xiaowei punched six times according to Zhou Qian's method. Sure enough, in these six rounds, rock-paper-scissors appeared at the same time.

In a blink of an eye, the seventh round began.

He Xiaowei didn't know if it was his own illusion, he always felt that the eyes of those two men and one woman looking at him were abnormal.

He swallowed another mouthful of saliva, and looked behind him. At this time, the sun had set a little more, and the crowds were crowded. He couldn't see Zhou Qian for a while, so he could only do as he said—go out casually, win or lose. Lose, resign to fate.

For the seventh time, He Xiaowei and a strong man produced scissors at the same time, and another thin young man and the only girl both produced cloth.So, in the eighth round, it was He Xiaowei's turn to PK with this strong man.

Before punching, He Xiaowei swallowed a third mouthful of saliva. He was so nervous that his hands trembled. It was only when he remembered Zhou Qian's determined eyes that were dimly shining in the setting sun before he participated in the deciding round, that he managed to suppress the anxiety in his heart. Panicked, punched at the same time as the strong man——

During this period, on the other side, taking advantage of He Xiaowei's time delay, Zhou Qian looked for other clues.

The reason why he allowed He Xiaowei to punch accurately and delay the time just now is of course thanks to Xiaolong.

Xiaolong's eyesight, memory, and body skills are all quite powerful.

During the first few rounds of boxing guessing, Zhou Qian let Xiaolong wander through his memory.It actually memorized the punching habits of the three winners.

Zhou Qian was able to guess the order of their punches later based on his habits, and then directed He Xiaowei to punch.His purpose was indeed to create a tie and delay time, not to make He Xiaowei lose or win.

Therefore, it doesn't matter if those people suddenly change their habits midway.Because when a person throws a punch, the first two times he is used to throwing two rock-paper-scissors are usually fixed.So the time of these two draws is actually almost enough for Zhou Qian to use.

After exhorting He Xiaowei, Zhou Qian patted Xiaolong's head and said with a smile: "My Longlong is really good. It's because your father is so good, right?"

After finishing speaking, Zhou Qian turned his head and met Bai Zhou's gaze not far behind.

"I'm praising the little dragon. You are the big dragon."

After making fun of this sentence, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the movement of the hotel proprietress Tar'er, and Zhou Qian raised his index finger to silence Bai Zhou, then turned and walked towards her.

Not long ago, at the beginning of the finger-guessing competition in the group, Zhou Qian had been paying attention to the movement on Tar's side.He noticed that Tar found three villagers who did not participate in the game from the onlookers around the square, and said something to them, as if telling them something.

Then they walked towards the hotel.

The reason why Zhou Qian walked towards Tar at this moment was because these three people left and returned, and they had already returned from the direction of the hotel.

These three men each used a wooden cart with one wheel, and pulled three things.

The first person pulled a cart of pumpkin lanterns, the second pulled a cart of exotic costumes and ghost masks, and the third person brought a large pot of meat. The cart he pulled not only had a pot of meat, but also There are many big iron bowls that are not afraid of falling.

When Zhou Qian and the others first came to this game, they saw a large iron pot with seven stews at the door of the hotel.It is estimated that the meat came from those pots.

But... who are they for?

Recalling what he saw when he walked from the Tatar Hotel to this square not long ago, except that the head statue facing west turned blue, and the glass on the second floor of the hotel was also blue, Zhou Qian recalled another detail ——Except for the hotel, every household in this village has dogs, and all of them are pure white.

Zhou Qian probably had a guess in his mind when he saw Tar take down the big iron bowls from the third single-wheeled wooden cart and place them neatly on the side of the square. Take out the meat inside spoon by spoon, and put them into empty bowls one by one.

Continuing to walk a few steps forward, Zhou Qian passed through the crowd and went straight to the front of the proprietress of Tar.

Smiling at her, Zhou Qian asked, "Pretty lady boss, can I ask you something?"

Being praised as "beautiful", Tar seemed very happy. She scooped up a spoonful of meat, put it into the bowl in front of her, and asked Zhou Qian, "What's the matter?"

"Who is this meat for?" Zhou Qian asked.

Tar smiled and said nothing, Zhou Qian asked again: "The villagers are very friendly to dogs. Are these for them to eat?"

Tar gave Zhou Qian a meaningful look, and finally said: "The villagers here believe that animals are elves that bring humans into another world. The purer the animal's fur, the stronger its spiritual power, and it can communicate with people in another world. .”

Zhou Qian asked: "You have taken good care of the white dogs, and specially cooked meat for them tonight, so that they can communicate with people from another world, so as to protect you? So, it is very important. "

Tar said: "Dogs, jack-o-lanterns, and these costumes are all important.

"Dogs can help us identify people from other worlds by communicating with people from other worlds. If there is danger, they will warn us in advance.

"Pumpkin lanterns and weird costumes can make us look like people from other worlds, and play a certain deterrent effect. I have prepared some in your room, bring them here now, you can put them on later, and you won't be afraid on the way back to the hotel." .”

Hearing this, Zhou Qian looked away from Tar, and then looked at the four circles of people in the square.

If he didn't feel anything wrong at the beginning, he felt more and more bad at the moment.

When he first came, everyone was sitting. There were men and women, old and young. At first glance, no obvious abnormalities could be seen.

But since the rock-paper-scissors was held, these people began to stand up and move in order to make the guessing game go smoothly.

From this, Zhou Qian can find one thing - these people move very fast.

Even young boys and girls who look thin and thin, or old people with gray hair, after they finish the boxing match, they will shuttle among different groups of people to watch other people's games. It is during this time that Zhou Qian found out that Not only are they extremely fast, they are also very flexible.

During the period, Zhou Qian noticed in particular that an old man who was so old that his back was hunched over, in order to watch the final round of the group next door, turned over and passed three or five people directly. His actions were not clumsy, just like a gust of wind Blowing past, he had already moved a certain distance in an instant.

The same is true for the three NPCs who are currently engaging in boxing guessing with He Xiaowei.

When Zhou Qian looked over, it happened that a man and a woman had failed, leaving He Xiaowei and a strong man in the final.The man and the woman returned to the east and west crowds respectively. The man lost his sight and ran back at a very fast speed.As for the girls, after taking off, they immediately returned to the west.

Before realizing this anomaly, no one knew whether it was better to lose or win the handkerchief throwing competition, just as the argument between Xiaowei and the two girls had no result.Zhou Qian didn't know either.

But after Zhou Qian observed these characteristics of the NPCs participating in the competition, he could undoubtedly make an inference—these people wanted to win the competition.

Then it is very likely that the "night vigil" that the loser of the game will face will be very critical.

In the center of the square not far away, the decisive victory between He Xiaowei and the strong man is about to begin.

At this time, the chaotic crowd returned to their previous positions and sat down, forming four more circles.

Everyone looked at the final game curiously, excitedly, and nervously, and at the same time, their eyes showed some strangeness and treachery.

The final game was about to start, but Zhou Qian didn't return to his seat immediately.

It was because he also discovered an abnormality - after those people stood up and moved briefly, Zhou Qian discovered that their costumes were actually very distinctive.

For the group of people in the east, a sun is drawn on the hem of men's jackets and the corners of women's skirts.

At the same place on the clothes of the group of people in the west, stars are painted.

The south side is painted with the moon.

As for the north, it is Baiyun.

There are sixteen people related to the sun, stars, and moon, and they can form a complete handkerchief-throwing circle when they sit down.

But there were only eight people in the Baiyun crowd, and eight other players, or soldiers who had taken refuge from the "Land of Silence", joined them to form a circle of sixteen people.

Seizing the last moment, Zhou Qian asked Tar: "Do people from different circles belong to different families?"

"Yes. The Sun family, the Moon family, the Star family, and the Yun family. These are the four major families in the village." Tar looked at Zhou Qian with a smile, "Everyone in every family hopes to win the game. Your family is fighting for glory."

After saying this, Tar continued to lower his head to fill the broth without saying anything.

At this time, Zhou Qian heard the village chief's sentence: "Okay, let's congratulate, Ah Wei won!"

Awei, referring to the strong man.

In the final game just now, He Xiaowei played the scissors, and the strong man played the rock.

After a while, under the auspices of the village chief, everyone returned to their seats and sat down.

The strong man named Awei took a snow-white handkerchief from the hand of the village head, and then he found a random person from the east and walked slowly around the crowd.

He is a member of the southern circle group, and this circle is the southern circle.

"The person throwing the handkerchief now is a burly man. Who will he give the handkerchief to? I'm so looking forward to it..."

The NPCs began to clap their hands and sing songs.

During this period, Awei slowly circled from the south to the north.

The circle to the north is exactly where the eight Yun families and eight players are located.

When He Xiaowei saw the man's movements, his heart beat like a drum, and he whispered to Zhou Qian who was beside him: "Qian'er, I feel that he is coming for me!!"

"Well. I think so too. Under normal circumstances, you can't outrun him. The speed of these NPCs is strange." Zhou Qian said.

He Xiaowei: "Fuck, what should I do? Can I admit defeat?"

"It doesn't matter if you lose this time. At the beginning of the game, points are added and subtracted, and there is still a chance to change. The loser has nothing to do but go to the vigil. It may be very dangerous, but this does not mean death." Zhou Qian said, "What do you really need now?" Note the prohibition."

"Yeah. Big guy, Wei, if you throw me a handkerchief, I'll lose under normal circumstances. Then I'll be the next to throw the handkerchief. Fucking...

"How do I know how to run when the handkerchief is thrown?"

The sweat on He Xiaowei's forehead kept dripping down.

Seeing the strong man getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but said: "We violated the prohibition, what will happen?"

"I don't know the specific consequences yet, but this is a reminder we received before we entered the dungeon. It must be very important." Zhou Qian said, "We are people who escaped from disaster. Maybe this is some restrictions imposed by the villagers to prevent us from being here. cause trouble.

"This dungeon seems to have a lot to do with magic and myths and legends. Curses and prohibitions are common products of such myths, so don't take it lightly.

"I think I have dealt with the three before me. We may encounter other prohibitions later on."

Hearing what Zhou Qian said, He Xiaowei became anxious: "What should we do with this ban?"

Zhou Qian turned his head, glanced at the village head in the center of the square, and then at Tar who was standing in the outer area with the onlookers.

At this moment, she has put meat and soup in all the iron bowls, and is watching the game with a smile on her face.

Withdrawing his gaze, Zhou Qian put down the wide sleeve robe, and He Xiaowei saw a small piece of divine bone. "Did you use a weapon?"

Zhou Qian nodded: "Yes. I just asked Brother Shan to help with some things. He exists in the form of a soul now, so he can not be seen by others, but he can use the vitality I gave him to condense out when needed. physical form, and then touch real-life objects."

The voices of Zhou Qian and He Xiaowei are very low, the square is wide and noisy, in fact their conversation is hard to be heard.But Yun Xiangrong was undoubtedly very sensitive to the word "Brother Shan", so he immediately frowned and looked at Zhou Qian.Zhou Qian met her eyes, raised his eyebrows, and didn't pay attention to it for now.

At this time, he could see that Awei had already walked to the north circle, and his speed increased visibly.About 10 seconds later, he began to circle the 16 people in the north at an extremely fast speed, leaving almost only an afterimage.

By the time most people reacted, the afterimage had almost disappeared.

Just at this time, an old woman sitting opposite He Xiaowei yelled at him loudly: "It's you! Hurry up and chase after him! You joined our group, which represents the glory of our group!

"Awei is afraid of red. Find something red to scare him! He will slow down when he sees it!"

He Xiaowei paused, followed the rules of the game and went after him immediately.

At the same time, all the members of the Yun family on the northern circle took out a piece of red cloth and shook it desperately, trying to achieve the goal that if Awei glanced this way, he would slow down in fear and be caught up by He Xiaowei. Effect.

After He Xiaowei left, Bai Zhou was sitting on Zhou Qian's left side, and Qi Liuxing and Ke Yuxiao were sitting on the right side.

The two were discussing something with their heads bowed at the moment.

Seeing this, Zhou Qian directly pulled Bai Zhou to move a seat, sat down and listened to their conversation.

Qi Liuxing said first: "Ah Wei threw the handkerchief behind Little Viagra, and Little Viagra's reaction was a bit slow, the NPC on the northern circle immediately reminded him anxiously, and everyone helped him deal with Ah Wei...

"I understand the true meaning of this handkerchief throwing game. When the village chief announced the rules, he mentioned that 64 game participants will participate in the ranking together in the end. Coupled with the established impression of the handkerchief throwing game in the real world, it will make us feel... …we are on our own. But that is not the case!

"I think, if it's Xiao Viagra's turn to throw a handkerchief later, when he throws it into other circles, the people in that circle will remind each other... and will provide each other with ways to catch up with him, just like the people in the northern circle at the moment It's like dancing red cloth!"

"Well, Xiaoqi, I very much agree with you." Ke Yuxiao nodded and agreed, "In these four circles, people in each circle are cooperating with each other. In fact, the final victory or defeat is likely to be determined by the circle." It's a unit, not an individual. It's a team game. That means... a vigil at night, and it's likely to be dangerous. They don't want a vigil."

Zhou Qian interrupted suddenly: "Then let's test you again. Apart from these two points, what else can you see?"

Looking up at Zhou Qian, Qi Liuxing somehow remembered that in "Apple Paradise", when the crisis was extremely serious, Zhou Qian looked at the monster-like believers on the other side of the lake, and asked himself calmly, "Hey, I'll test you question" look.

As if he didn't want to disappoint Zhou Qian and felt that he hadn't made any progress at all, Qi Liuxing crossed his arms, thought hard for a long time, and said, "The old lady just now knew Awei's weakness very well...they are very likely to organize This competition has been around for years. And, uh, and…"

"Also—" Zhou Qian looked a little more serious, "Why are there only 8 people in the northern circle?"

"Could it be..." Qi Liuxing frowned tightly, "Could it be... For example, last year, in last year's competition, there were 16 people in each circle, and the people in the north circle lost last year, and they were arranged to Vigil, and then...then eight people died last year, so this year they're down to eight."

Zhou Qian indeed guessed so.

The members of the four major families fought on their own in the "throwing the handkerchief". The people they sent out to participate in this game were all people with special skills in speed, agility, and dexterity, and they hoped to help them win the victory.

No family wants to lose, because the vigil will be very risky.

There are only 8 people with special skills left in the Yun family because the rest died in previous games.

Zhou Qian turned his head, squinted at the chasing battle between He Xiaowei and Awei, and said, "However, we can also see a good thing that is beneficial to us."

"What good thing?" Qi Liuxing asked curiously.

Zhou Qian said: "This means that vigil is only a very risky thing, but it does not necessarily point to death. Therefore, we don't need to be too entangled in this handkerchief throwing game."

"I understand!" Qi Liuxing said, "Night vigil is risky, but it will not be restricted by the ban related to windows and firelight, so... throwing the handkerchief, winning or losing is temporarily irrelevant."

"For the time being, it's like this. Let's go and see. How can this dungeon be cleared. We don't know yet. Let me look at Little Viagra—"

Looking back, Zhou Qian glanced at the Yue family in the south who had temporarily taken the lead and won the victory.

The Yun family in Beiquan took out red to deal with Awei.But Awei was obviously prepared for it, and he didn't turn his head once during the run.His speed was so fast that He Xiaowei tried his best to keep up, sweating profusely.

So, the village chief announced that Awei got two points and He Xiaowei got two points deducted.

The next round of handkerchief throwing tasks fell on He Xiaowei.

He Xiaowei didn't dare to move. Across the crowd and the pile of bone sacrifices in the middle of the square, he looked at Zhou Qian from a distance, waiting for his help.

It was not allowed to go around Tara clockwise, and it was not allowed to go around Brega counterclockwise. Among so many people, he really didn't know which one was which, so naturally he didn't dare to run around.

Before Zhou Qian could answer him, he yelled to save himself: "Among you, is there someone named Tara and someone named Brega?!"

"Don't say anything that has nothing to do with the game!" Abu, the village chief, stopped him, his tone showing a little sharpness, "Besides, strangers are not allowed to ask girls' names at will!"

In this way, the words of the village chief completely cut off the way for He Xiaowei to ask for his name directly.

What's more, no matter whether the existence agrees or not, it doesn't seem to have any effect-if these two people really exist in the game, he dare not run in any direction!

He Xiaowei had no choice but to subconsciously look at Zhou Qian again.

Zhou Qian nodded to him, and then his wrist shook, and he received a message from Zhou Qian. "Go straight ahead, don't go around in circles, delay for a while. It's almost half a minute."

After settling his mind, He Xiaowei walked step by step, making sure that he was walking a straight and straight path.And half a minute later, he was indeed saved.

There was a sudden bang bang bang bang from the periphery of the square, like the sound of some kind of metal falling to the ground.

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, He Xiaowei saw a very bizarre picture, and quickly realized what happened——

Two pure white dogs, chasing an extremely sensitive dark blue dragon, ran over from somewhere in the village and ran all the way to the center of the square.

When passing through the outer area, the little dragon flew over a row of iron pots without lingering at the contents of the iron pots.But the two dogs behind it were different. They rushed over like hungry wolves rushing for food, and even the broth and iron pan were knocked to the ground.

The two dogs just took a bite of the meat on the ground, and before they could eat anything, the little dragon in front of them suddenly went back and forth.

The little dragon swept his tail to the ground, and the two fleshy bones flew hundreds of meters away to the other side of the square. With another swing of the little dragon's tail, his body disappeared in place.

The two dogs were furious, and after a few "woof woof woof", they chased forward angrily, not knowing whether they wanted to chase Xiaolong to settle accounts, or they were greedy to find meat and bones again.

People from the four families, regardless of whether they participated in the game or not, suddenly burst out in panic.

"My God! The white dog is gone!"

"Whose white dog ran away..."

"Shall we go back and have a look?"

At this moment, Zhou Qian smiled, took out a loudspeaker from his luggage, and yelled out a sentence through it: "I know which family these two dogs belong to. They belong to Brega and Tara. You two Why don't you hurry up and chase the dog? Otherwise, you may be in danger at night."

Zhou Qian's words immediately calmed down the commotion.

After all, what most people think is - as long as their dog doesn't run away, it's fine.

As for the four circles playing games on the field, two people stood up on the east and west sides, a man and a woman. They were both pale and panic-stricken, and chased in the direction of the two white dogs.

Even the village chief said, despite his unhappy face, "It's more important to recover the white dog. Everyone else, let's continue the game first!"

Brega and Tara run away!Two prohibitions can be circumvented!

He Xiaowei was overjoyed immediately, and couldn't help but glance at Zhou Qian.

In the bloody setting sun, Zhou Qian's face was very red, and when he noticed He Xiaowei's gaze, he raised his head and smiled at him.

He Xiaowei gave him a thumbs up and shouted loudly: "Qian'er, you are so handsome!"

Hearing this, Zhou Qian's smile became brighter.

But soon he couldn't see He Xiaowei anymore, and He Xiaowei also——

Bai Zhou's body turned sideways calmly, blocking between the two of them.

Zhou Qian narrowed his eyes, turned his head slightly, and then continued to smile at Bai Zhou: "Brother Zhou, are you jealous?"

Bai Zhou smiled, stretched out his hand to brush his hair, and said only: "The sun shines on you, it's very beautiful."

When he said this, Bai Zhou's eyes were reddened by the blood-red sunset.

Zhou Qian heard it in his ears, looked into his eyes, and his heart skipped a beat.

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He Xiaowei casually threw his handkerchief at the nearby people, and when he was about to run, Xiaolong appeared in front of him, probably due to Zhou Qian's previous instructions, and immediately carried him back to the original northern circle.This time, He Xiaowei won the round and quickly squeezed to sit next to Zhou Qian.

"Oh Qian'er, thank you very much. How could I do without you—" He Xiaowei couldn't help but said, "By the way, what happened to that salt, can you tell me?"

Zhou Qian didn't answer.

He Xiaowei looked sideways and found that he was staring at Bai Zhou in a daze.

"That, Qian'er? Salt? Sodium chloride?" He Xiaowei patted him on the shoulder.

After a while, Zhou Qian looked back at him, and said in a rather unfriendly tone: "Simple. This is a Daoguang question."

He Xiaowei obviously didn't know what to say, so he continued to ask: "Light, optics? Physics?"

Zhou Qian's tone was quick, but he explained coldly: "Yes, optics. The glass on the second floor of the hotel is blue. Sodium ions burn to produce a yellow flame. Transparent objects can only let light of the same color as it. So, if you add a lot of salt to the fireplace, it will produce yellow light, which cannot pass through the blue glass to the window.

"You can't spend the night in a house where you can see the fire from the window after sunset-this prohibition is easily resolved."

"Oh so—"

"Stop talking."

"what?"

"Go to your master!"