deadly round table

"Xiaoyuan, sit down first and watch TV. I'll go and cut the fruit plate." A thin middle-aged woman picked fruit from the mixed fruit basket. Although she was smiling and talking, she couldn't hide the look on her face. sad.

Jiang Wenyuan swallowed the bitterness in his throat, "Aunt Chen, let me help you."

Aunt Chen quickly waved her hand, "I still don't know your cooking skills. You are doing me a disservice by entering the kitchen. It's going to be hot, go and close the windows and turn on the air conditioner to cool off. I'll be back soon."

"I'm not good at knives, so it's okay to help you carry the fruit into the kitchen?" Jiang Wenyuan picked up the fruit basket, "Uncle Chen's rhinitis is allergic to the air conditioner. I've always been resistant to heat, so it doesn't matter if I don't use the air conditioner."

When Jiang Wenyuan said that he was resistant to heat, he was not being polite to Aunt Chen.

This year just entered summer, and the temperature has been rising steadily, turning the whole city into a giant oven.At this time, most people wish they could take root in the air-conditioned room without taking a step out.Jiang Wenyuan was wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and black jeans at this time. He carried a fruit basket and walked a long way to Aunt Chen's house.

Aunt Chen sighed secretly, "Your Uncle Chen went to a friend's house as a guest and came home after dinner."

"Uncle Chen may come back early, it's okay." Jiang Wenyuan carried the fruit basket and walked to the kitchen with Aunt Chen.

Jiang Wenyuan put the fruit basket on the chopping board, and when he was about to leave the kitchen, Aunt Chen called him, "Your Uncle Chen didn't blame you, he just... can't get over the hurdle in his heart. It will get better after a while of."

"Thank you, Aunt Chen." Jiang Wenyuan smiled at Aunt Chen. He hadn't smiled sincerely for a long time.

Aunt Chen was cutting fruit plates in the kitchen. Jiang Wenyuan returned to the living room and sat down on the mahogany sofa. He picked up the TV remote control by hand—

A creepy sense of crisis suddenly hit Jiang Wenyuan's heart!Before he could react at all, an invisible big hand firmly grabbed his waist, and he was dragged into the abyss of nothingness.When Jiang Wenyuan fell extremely fast, the living room of Aunt Chen's house seemed to fall into a black hole, twisting and spinning and disappearing into the darkness, and finally not even a ray of light escaped.

The falling process lasted more than ten seconds. Jiang Wenyuan's body sank, the sense of weightlessness disappeared, and he finally stopped.

Jiang Wenyuan felt as if his body had been tortured by more than a dozen screaming roller coasters. He was dizzy, his limbs were weak, and he was so nauseated that he almost vomited out.His health was extremely bad, and the surroundings were so dark that he couldn't see his fingers, but Jiang Wenyuan still quickly noticed some abnormalities.

Under his body is no longer the hard texture of the mahogany sofa, replaced by a velvet-like soft and dense touch; the window in the living room is open, and the heat from the outdoors penetrates directly into the room, but now he can't feel the slightest heat, and his whole body It's like being in a huge ice bank, freezing to the bone.If this is a dream, then this dream feels too real; if it is not a dream, no matter how you think about it, this cannot be Aunt Chen's house...

"Welcome all players to Round Table Game-85955." Accompanied by a crisp clatter, a dull voice sounded.

In the endless darkness, candles were lit above Jiang Wenyuan's head in circles, illuminating a small area of ​​darkness.

It was a circular candle chandelier full of traces of time. The chains hanging from the chandelier were endlessly long and disappeared into the void above.The light from the chandelier was dim, illuminating only a circular area vaguely.More than a dozen single-person standing armchairs taller than a person enclose a giant round table in the center.In the dark area isolated from the back of the chair, disturbing movements could be faintly heard.

Jiang Wenyuan was imprisoned in one of these dozens of armchairs. Besides Jiang Wenyuan, there were also people sitting in the other armchairs.

Among these people, some looked crazy, opening and closing their mouths as if they were saying something, but no sound reached Jiang Wenyuan's ears; Jiang Wenyuan belongs to this type of people who understand the environment they are in; there is also the most striking type of people, they don't seem to be panicked by the current situation, they sit quietly in armchairs, watching the darkness under the lamp in the center of the round table.

A clown puppet about [-] centimeters stood in the shadow in the center of the round table. The crying face painted with oil paint was funny and sinister. It spoke again, and the mouths that could move up and down flapped together when speaking, "Now Receive the player's entry ticket."

The unmanned clown puppet spread its slender legs, chose a direction at random, and walked towards a certain armchair.

The first one to be selected was a 30-year-old female office worker. She stared coldly at the clown puppet approaching her.The clown puppet nimbly jumped onto the female office worker's shoulder and reached out to touch her ears.When the hand of the clown puppet left the female white-collar worker's ear, the originally calm expression of the female white-collar worker became distorted in an instant.The clown puppet turned a blind eye to the white-collar woman's expression of wanting to eat it, jumped off her shoulder, and walked clockwise towards the next person.

The body parts that the clown puppet touched were not fixed, and there was no pattern to be seen. It moved very quickly, and after a while, it made a half-circle and came to Jiang Wenyuan.The clown puppet made a humane gesture of crossing its arms and resting its chin. It paused for half a second, tilted its head, and then stretched out its hand towards Jiang Wenyuan.Jiang Wenyuan was imprisoned in the armchair, and could only resign himself to closing the left eye touched by the clown puppet.

Jiang Wenyuan could clearly feel the temperature of his left eye draining rapidly. When the hand of the clown puppet left his left eye, he immediately opened it. However, the vision that narrowed when he closed his eyes did not recover. It disappeared!Fortunately, the clown puppet didn't seem to be very interested in Jiang Wenyuan's right eye, and walked towards the next person.

In the dark, Jiang Wenyuan felt a sense of approval in his heart, and the heavy confinement on his body was also quietly released.

So, the vision of the left eye is the admission ticket that the clown puppet said...

So far, everything that happened was completely beyond Jiang Wenyuan's comprehension, but he didn't take advantage of the opportunity to regain control of his body to find a way to escape.This was not only because he couldn't regain the vision of his left eye by escaping, but also because none of the people whose admission tickets were taken away before him left the armchair.

The clown's method of collecting the admission tickets was strange, and the speed was also very fast. In the blink of an eye, three or four people passed by, and there was a short distance away from Jiang Wenyuan.At this moment, Jiang Wenyuan's hands resting on the armrest were covered almost simultaneously by two hands, one warm and the other slightly cool, respectively from the two men sitting on Jiang Wenyuan's left and right.

Jiang Wenyuan's nerves were already in a tense state, but he was suddenly taken aback, and immediately withdrew his hands reflexively. The TV remote control in his right hand accidentally slipped out of his hand, and fell soundlessly into the darkness under his feet.

Jiang Wenyuan looked vigilantly at the two on the left and right, but found that their reaction was stronger than his.

Jiang Wenyuan once went to a school for the deaf with her boyfriend as a volunteer, so she knows some sign language and lip language.Even if the voice is blocked, he can roughly read the communication between the two through lip language.

The high school boy on the right in a school uniform exclaimed, "This is... a rookie? The rookie who is the second seat to the right of the empty seat? Isn't this too heaven-defying?!"

The social elite in suits and leather shoes on the left analyzed calmly, "Dress well, indoor slippers, TV remote control, and no rings on both hands. A high-quality newcomer who was suddenly involved in a round table game when he was a guest at someone else's house."

"You make a lot of sense." The high school boy nodded in agreement. Under the round table, he shook his left hand with a skull ring on his middle finger to the social elite.

Social elites also showed high school boys the platinum rings on their right index fingers under the round table.

Afterwards, the two tacitly took off the rings on both hands.

Jiang Wenyuan was still completely clueless, but the two had already reached a consensus.

Now is not the time to hide clumsiness, Jiang Wenyuan asked the two people who obviously knew the lip language: "It is indeed my first time to enter the round table game, can I ask what is the use of your rings?"

The high school boy looked like a ghost, "A high-quality rookie with lip language skills, you can't be cheating into the game, right?"

The social elites obviously have stronger emotional control. He looked at Jiang Wenyuan coldly, "When you clear this game, you will know the answer."

Jiang Wenyuan: "..." He doesn't know about other aspects of round table games, but he knows that veterans are not friendly to newcomers.

The brief exchange between the three of them ended, and the clown puppet had already walked around the round table. With a weeping face raised, it slapped past Jiang Wenyuan again, and finally stopped in front of the only vacant armchair on the round table. This vacant seat is to the left of the social elite.The clown puppet stood still with its legs together, and bowed to everyone with its hands together. The voice was horrifying, "The admission tickets are collected, and after 60 seconds, the round table game-85955 will officially open. I wish the players a happy game, and the group will die!"

As soon as the clown puppet finished speaking, a burning bloody number "60" appeared in the black under the candle chandelier, and the countdown began.

The feeling of waiting for the countdown to death is very bad. A pale middle-aged man sitting diagonally across from the clown puppet suddenly went crazy. He kicked over the armchair and plunged into the darkness. He wanted to leave this hellish place. He wants to go home!

The clown puppet was indifferent to the middle-aged man's running away, and even happily clapped his hands.

Not long after the middle-aged man ran out, there was a sound of beasts roaring and eating.The biting action of the beast was very savage, and the few people whose seats were similar to those of the middle-aged man were splashed with hot blood.Afterwards, a human leg with more than half of its flesh gnawed across the air and fell heavily on the round table. The muscles and nerves of the broken leg were still fresh, and it twitched a few times bloody on the table.

The horrific picture and the pungent smell of blood filled everyone's senses.The voices of the players did not communicate with each other. The middle-aged man who escaped did not even leave his last words, and died silently in the darkness of despair.

Jiang Wenyuan covered his mouth to resist the feeling of nausea, and when the 60-second countdown reached zero, he took a last look at the clown puppet. If he hadn't had an illusion, after the middle-aged man's tragic death, the bleak texture on the clown puppet's body had changed. It's much more colorful...

Light and shadow alternate, and Jiang Wenyuan's environment seamlessly switches to a construction site with roaring machines.

Except for the middle-aged man who died in the dark, there were not a few players in the round table game. Fourteen of them stood together on the gravel-paved open space beside the railway tracks.A dark man wearing a yellow hard hat stood on the railroad tracks, holding a loudspeaker in his hand and yelling at them, "The emergency repair of the collapse of the railway tunnel will be completed within ten days. The emergency repair team is short of manpower. If you can offer to help repair it, we will help." I am very relieved. The emergency repair team will not treat you badly. From today onwards, the emergency repair team will be responsible for your accommodation and meals, and will pay you according to your work after the emergency repair. I am your foreman, Brother Liang. What do you have? You can ask me any questions."

Among the players, there were several people whose bodies were heavily stained with blood, as well as a few newcomers who hung their heads and kept wiping away their tears. They were dressed in a variety of clothes and did not look like they were here to help. None of these abnormalities caused Liang Ge attention.Brother Liang pointed to the two wooden boxes containing tools on the open space next to him, "You can choose three kinds of jobs. One, go into the tunnel with me to dig the collapsed earthwork; two, clean up and transport the earthwork in the tunnel; and the last Kind, go to the kitchen to help. In order to facilitate the final settlement of wages, each of you can only choose one job, each job has a corresponding tool, and once the job is selected, it cannot be changed.”

At this time, even if no one mentions it, the newcomers who have just experienced a death have already understood that what they choose now is not a job, but the key to life or death.The wooden box containing the tools has no lid, and the contents inside are clear at a glance. There are six shovels and three earth trucks for two people.There are only two aprons for the chef.

"Your dormitory is arranged in the container activity room on the south side of the tunnel. Each room can accommodate two to four people. Personal hygiene is unified in the bathroom near the river. There is no living area near the tunnel. After the lights are turned off at nine o'clock on the construction site, the surrounding area will change. It's very dark, you'd better go back to the dormitory to rest before then." After Liang Ge arranged the accommodation, he repeatedly emphasized to everyone the work safety instructions such as wearing a hard hat.After explaining all the important things clearly, Brother Liang no longer cares about the players, and joined the rush repair work under the repeated urging of the workers.

As soon as Brother Liang left, the atmosphere among the players suddenly became tense. Some players quietly surrounded the wooden box, but Jiang Wenyuan hesitated for a while before being pushed outside.

"Dude, what job are you going to choose?"

Jiang Wenyuan felt someone pat on the shoulder, and turned his head to look. It turned out to be a high school student with delicate eyebrows sitting on the round table on his right.He was holding a yellow safety helmet in his hand, but he didn't hold any tools, "Oh, I almost forgot to introduce myself, my name is Zhang Chen."

"...Chen Mian." By accident, Jiang Wenyuan didn't give his real name, but borrowed his boyfriend's name, "I want to go around to collect information first, and choose a job later."

"Modern people all know the importance of intelligence, but now intelligence and choice priorities cannot be combined. When you come back after turning around, it is estimated that only the work of digging into the tunnel is left. Everyone is equal before the round table game. People won't give you the easier work of moving earthwork and helping the kitchen just because you are a newcomer." The social elite sitting on Jiang Wenyuan's left at the round table also joined the topic, just as Jiang Wenyuan imagined, his voice It was deep and pleasant to hear, and it perfectly complemented the stern appearance.

Jiang Wenyuan analyzed: "Since this is a game, the initial option is generally not an instant death option. I think the most important thing to pay attention to is the clues hidden behind these options."

Zhang Chen snapped his fingers in a daze, "As expected of a newcomer who was highly rated by the round table, he was involved in an inexplicable game, and after witnessing the tragic death of the escaped player, he was able to calm down and think quickly."

The social elite smiled slightly, "There are two kinds of people who can calm down quickly when encountering a bad accident suddenly. One is people who have undergone special training, such as soldiers and police; the other is people who have encountered more painful and tragic events than the current situation. Do you know which type the newcomer is?"

Jiang Wenyuan looked at him expressionlessly and didn't speak.

The social elites did not continue to pursue the bottom line, "I am Zuo Zhixing, nice to meet you."

Zhang Chen didn't seem to see Jiang Wenyuan's expression that was so cold that he was about to drop ice, so he suggested with a smile: "How about the three of us form a team to explore the map together."

Zuo Zhixing didn't hesitate, "I accept."

Before Jiang Wenyuan could give an answer, he was interrupted by the commotion on the other side of the tunnel. He saw a worker lying on a stretcher being carried out. It turned out to be Brother Liang, the foreman who had just given them the task.He was smashed to the head by a rock that collapsed a second time, blood gushed out of the wound, and his breathing was very weak.

Then there was an even more unfortunate news. Brother Liang was accidentally injured, and the player needed to send one more person to participate in the excavation work.

"How about... Let's settle the work first before stepping on the map?" Zhang Chen walked towards the toolbox full of players.

Zuo Zhixing sneered, "There are two kinds of people I hate the most in this world, one is the one who quits despite difficulties, and the other is the one who backs down from what he says."

Zhang Chen flattened his mouth, "I'm not, I didn't..."

"Then let's go." Zuo Zhixing coldly concluded, "Chen Mian, why are you still standing there, hurry up and follow."

Jiang Wenyuan: "..." It seems that I haven't agreed to form a team with you two yet, right?

No one wants to be the next Brother Liang, but there are only seven jobs for moving earth and helping the kitchen, and it is estimated that they will not be able to complete the work assignments in a while.The players who were still in a stalemate over work assignments did not notice that several people had quietly left the team.