deadly round table

Sophia looked blank, as if she couldn't understand what Jiang Wenyuan was saying. "I'm Sophia..."

She looked at the spiritual tablet that Jiang Wenyuan was pressing against with a knife, on which was vaguely written: Catherine Willard.Every time a word jumped into the field of vision, Sophie felt her temples jump violently. She raised her blood-stained hands, and pressed down hard on the temples that were about to explode.Sophia's eyes gradually lost their luster, and the focus of her sight also disappeared. She muttered to herself, "So, I'm already dead."

Li Na felt that her brain was not enough, and she couldn't keep up with the rhythm at all, "What's going on now!"

Zuo Zhixing has realized the value of Li Na, and intends to mention her, explaining to her: "Suspicious points have existed from the very beginning. Three young children, who witnessed the brutal killing of the benefactor in the village by the elders they get along with every day, how did they do it?" Can calmly steal the key of the treasure chest hidden by Catherine, and make a spirit card for Catherine, without being discovered by adults? With a child's heart, it is absolutely impossible to complete this series of meticulous things. At that time, we had already focused on the object of suspicion Put it on Lyle, Leo and Sophia."

"As for why Sophia was targeted among the three, the reason is the source of infection of the strange tooth disease. The source of infection is the broken bone bag in the water source, so Sophia is very suspicious. The source of the disease comes from the mouth. How does Catherine's spirit card protect Sophia from Infected. We met Sophia a few times, and she didn’t carry Catherine’s spirit card with her all the time. If the way the spirit card works is a range of protection, why does the village chief still get sick? If the spirit card protects the person who made the spirit card, Why are Lyle and Leo infected again." Zuo Zhixing concluded, "To sum up, Sophia must be a very special existence."

Zuo Zhixing's words brought Sophia back to that night 35 years ago.

She suddenly said: "The key to the hidden treasure chest, we found it when Sister Catherine pointed out the location before she died. Sister Catherine... each of us swallowed her..."

Sophia's voice disappeared, she lowered her head and let go of her hands holding her head.Veins popped out of Sophia's thick arms, and after a few violent twitches, the skin bulged towards the inside of the arms, and the white arm bones were exposed to the air.The two hand bones took off Sophia's arm like taking off a glove.

Two blood-stained arm bones touched Sophia's chest, and the finger bones embedded in the flesh, tearing the whole body apart from the middle.Sophia's blood quickly formed a pool of blood under her feet, and a complete skeleton with multiple scars was completely peeled off from Sophia's body.It turns out that Sophia has a body stronger than a cow, not because she is good at exercise, but because she has an extra skeleton in her body than anyone else, a skeleton that belongs to Catherine.

Catherine had been brutally knocked out of all her teeth. On the skull of the bloody skeleton, most of the teeth have been rediscovered, but two front teeth are still missing.After Catherine threw Sophia's body aside as garbage, the bones made a clattering sound, and she walked towards the severed heads of Lyle and Leo.Catherine opened their mouths, pulled out a bloody front tooth from each of them, and then put the tooth in her own mouth.

Li Na watched Catherine's mandible move up and down ghostly, clenching her teeth to test the stability, and laying down on the bench with her mind empty, her eyes were so empty that she seemed soulless, "I must be dreaming, wait for me to sleep for a while to wake up Head. If there is danger, remember to tell me to get up and run away."

Zuo Zhixing: "..." He was really speechless about Li Na's escapism.

Compared with Li Na, Jiang Wenyuan is completely another extreme. Ever since Catherine took off Sophia's body, his eyes have never moved away from Catherine's skeleton.The knife in Jiang Wenyuan's hand was still firmly on Catherine's spirit card, looking at the platinum ring Catherine was wearing on the phalanx of her right index finger, her unwavering tone contained a sense of danger, "I'll say it again, return the ring." Give me."

The moment Catherine betrayed her in Monagara, she lost all her humanity and became greedy, cruel and bloodthirsty.Catherine was arranging the rings and necklaces on the finger bones, and the skeleton was buzzing, as if she was talking: "As long as you kill all the villagers in Monaga, bring my treasure to me, and fulfill my wish, I will lift the curse on you and let you go."

The difficulty of this round of the game is to find out the real murderer of Monareca's strange disease from the intricate clues.Jiang Wenyuan and the others have already found out about Catherine's details. There is no need for Catherine to lie to them. As long as Catherine's wish is fulfilled, they can clear the game.The villagers in Monaga are all infected with the strange tooth disease. It is not difficult to kill them, and even if they do not do it, the villagers will die of the curse of the strange tooth disease sooner or later.The more difficult thing is to collect Catherine's treasure, but as long as you have the heart to do it and gather everyone's strength, two or three days are enough to complete it.

In all fairness, the deal Catherine proposed is actually a good deal.But Zuo Zhixing thought that the first question Jiang Wenyuan asked Catherine was the ring, and then recalled that Jiang Wenyuan once said that he played games for his lover, so he had to ask Jiang Wenyuan for his opinion first.After all, Catherine's deal did not include Jiang Wenyuan's ring.

Zuo Zhixing said to the cold Jiang Wenyuan, "What do you think of this deal?"

Jiang Wenyuan turned his head slightly, and in a position where Zuo Zhixing and Baimei could see, silently uttered a few words with his lips: Get ready for the hammer.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Wenyuan raised his hand and stabbed the Swiss Army Knife into Catherine's spirit card.

Catherine let out a piercing scream, and Li Na, who was lying on the bench with her eyes closed and self-hypnotized, sat up in shock. As soon as she opened her eyes, she received a spiritual tablet pierced by a saber thrown by Jiang Wenyuan. Said grimly: "Destroy it!"

Jiang Wenyuan grabbed the air with his right hand, and an exquisite and beautiful princess doll appeared in his hand. He threw the princess doll to Catherine, and activated the special ability of the princess doll: stop all moving objects for 30 seconds .

The princess doll flew into the air, twisted its neck stiffly twice, grinned with jagged teeth, and showed a reserved smile to Catherine.Slender black ribbons protruded from the body of the princess doll, and the black ribbons shot at Catherine like arrows, wrapping around every bone in her body, and Catherine froze completely, unable to move an inch.

Jiang Wenyuan led the way, and Zuo Zhixing and Baimei, who had trouble with their legs and feet, followed behind.Jiang Wenyuan unscrewed Catherine's skull and put it on the ground. He put his left knee against the skull to fix it. He took out tooth extraction pliers from his bag with his right hand and pulled Catherine's teeth out of his mouth one by one.Catherine's teeth were scattered on the ground, and Zuo Zhixing and Baimei's hammers followed immediately. The hammer cut through the air and hit the teeth hard, smashing them into pieces.

Every time a tooth is broken, the bones of Catherine's whole body will emit screams, but under the control of the princess doll, Catherine can't move at all, and even the ability to stimulate the curse is stopped, and she can only watch helplessly. Jiang Wenyuan and the others smashed the teeth that carried all her resentment one by one.

However, 30 seconds was still too short, Jiang Wenyuan was three teeth away, and the princess doll and black ribbon turned into fluorescent light and dissipated in the air.

Catherine's body skeleton was rattling, and Jiang Wenyuan's knees were on the ground and her skull was shaking and trying to lose control. Her mandibles opened and closed, and she lost her mind with anger, "I will never forgive..."

Before Catherine's harsh words were finished, Jiang Wenyuan started very steadily, pulled out the third-to-last tooth, and precisely threw it under Zuo Zhixing's hammer.Zuo Zhixing raised the hammer and dropped it, bang!Teeth smashed to pieces with a hammer!

Enraged can no longer describe Catherine's current mood. She was so angry that her whole body trembled. The headless skeleton reached out to Jiang Wenyuan, "I want to curse you!"

Blood oozed from the corners of Jiang Wenyuan's eyes, and silver-white particles quickly emerged from his eyelids, but he remained unmoved and pulled out Catherine's penultimate tooth.

Catherine's movements were not slow, and just when her hand was about to touch Jiang Wenyuan, her ribs were hit by a flying hammer.After Baimei threw the hammer, she cut through the sleeve of Jiang Wenyuan's left arm with a blade, pulled out a slender wound, and rushed towards Catherine's headless skeleton.Catherine's main ability is to curse, which is not very powerful. In addition, the spirit card was destroyed and her teeth were smashed. She had no strength to resist at all, and was knocked back a few steps by Baimei.

Baimei bought enough time for Jiang Wenyuan and Zuo Zhixing to destroy Catherine's last tooth.

Catherine's scream pierced the night sky, startling the crows perched near the church, "No—!! I don't want to disappear! My revenge is not complete yet!"

Many dark spots appeared on Catherine's white skeleton, and the area of ​​these black spots continued to expand, covering every corner of Catherine.A gust of wind blows, and Catherine's skeleton turns into ashes and is blown into the air.

Fluorescence gathered in the ashes from all directions, and a doll with a bird's head and a human body gradually took shape in the fluorescence.

Li Na walked towards the three of them slowly, "Is the game finally over..."

Jiang Wenyuan didn't care to check his own situation, and walked to the side of the doll.

He held out his hand—

Pick up the platinum ring that fell on the ground.

Jiang Wenyuan held the ring tightly, and he finally got it back.Feeling the coldness transmitted by the ring, the evil fire in Jiang Wenyuan's heart finally subsided slowly.

Baimei grabbed Jiang Wenyuan's arm, "What are you staring at, blink quickly."

There were still two bloodstains on Jiang Wenyuan's face, which looked a little pitiful, diluting the hostility he exuded.Jiang Wenyuan blinked obediently, and the deciduous teeth, the size of rice grains, fell out gently inside the eyelids.Baimei put on new medical gloves, gently lifted his eyelids to check for a while, "There is nothing serious, go back to reality and pay attention to anti-inflammation. Let me take a look at the wound on his arm too."

On the wound that Baimei made on Jiang Wenyuan's upper left arm, the two rows of big teeth together had more than [-] teeth. If their movements were even one step slower, Jiang Wenyuan might die under Catherine's curse at any time.Baimei frowned into a Sichuan character, and scraped off Jiang Wenyuan's teeth from the two wounds on his left arm with a knife.

Zuo Zhixing patted the dust and stood up. Seeing the interaction between Jiang Wenyuan and Baimei, he finally made up his mind.After Jiang Wenyuan's wound was healed, Zuo Zhixing said to the three of them: "After I entered the round table game, I have always been a lone ranger, and the cooperation with others is also temporary. Now my thinking has changed, and I am still the same. Those who need companions, I want to form a team, and I sincerely hope that the three of you can join my team."

The church was in a mess, and the death of Sophia and the three of them was horrific. Li Na was still trying hard not to vomit, but when she heard Zuo Zhixing's words, she suddenly forgot her fear, "Brother Zuo, among the people you invited, there are also Does that include me?"

Zuo Zhixing nodded affirmatively, "Of course."

Jiang Wenyuan calmed down a bit, "As for the formation of the team, let's communicate in the forum after returning to reality. The environment here... is really not suitable for talking about this matter."

"Give me your mobile phone." Zuo Zhixing was not discouraged. After getting Jiang Wenyuan's mobile phone, he entered his real name and phone number into it, and he returned the mobile phone to Jiang Wenyuan, "This is my The name and contact information in reality, please contact me when you return to reality."

The phone Jiang Wenyuan took into the game was a backup phone, and there was only one record in the address book.

Name: Zuo Zhiyan

Remarks: Chairman and CEO of Eternal Group

Tel: 136××××××88

Jiang Wenyuan's pupils contracted slightly, Zuo Zhiyan, anyone who is engaged in online games and mobile phone games will definitely be familiar with this name.Zuo Zhiyan was born in a wealthy family. Because he couldn't find the game he wanted to play, he started a game company with his own pocket money at the age of 14. The company was originally just for fun, but it seized the market demand and turned it into a very scary game company. speed developed.When Zuo Zhiyan was 20 years old, Eternity Group was listed simultaneously in Hong Kong City and Haicheng with "AH" shares, and made a bold move into the Internet industry chain, exiting portals, online games, email, e-commerce, online music, etc. Serve.Currently, Eternal Group ranks second in the top 29 domestic Internet companies, and Zuo Zhiyan is only [-] years old this year.

more importantly……

Jiang Wenyuan worked in Eternal Online Game Company under the name of Eternal Group. He failed to recognize Zuo Zhixing as his immediate boss. That was because Zuo Zhiyan in reality was very mysterious, and no photos had ever been circulated on the Internet.

Fortunately, Jiang Wenyuan's facial nerves endured the test, and he tried his best to hold back his indifferent expression, "You can easily reveal your real identity to me, is it okay?"

The corner of Zuo Zhixing's mouth raised an arc that would never be noticed unless he looked carefully. His tone was full of confidence, "This is my sincerity to you. Please seriously consider joining my team."

Jiang Wenyuan put away his phone and promised back, "I will contact you when I return to reality."

Zuo Zhixing nodded in satisfaction, then turned his gaze to Baimei, "What about you?"

Baimei shook her head, "My strength is limited, and I need to spend money to hire a guide every time I enter the game, so I won't join you."

Zuo Zhixing was slightly surprised. Jiang Wenyuan never said that he and Baimei were in an employment relationship.Although Baimei's sense of presence is sometimes not as strong as Li Na's, she has never held back, and at certain times she will burst out with powerful energy, just like when she scratched Jiang Wenyuan's arm just now and guided the strange teeth of the eyelids from the wound Grow out, and the remedy comes very timely.With Baimei's performance, how could it be necessary to spend money to hire a guide every round of the game.

But Zuo Zhixing didn't persuade Baimei much, because he could clearly feel the determination in Baimei's tone.

Li Na didn't dare to take the bird-headed doll in this round of the game. She felt that she had already made money by joining Zuo Zhixing's team; Zuo Zhixing also gave up the ownership of the doll to show her sincerity; Employment fees, and dolls are not required.

In the end, the ownership of the doll fell to Jiang Wenyuan again.

He picked up the bird-head doll on the ground, "Let's see each other in reality."

There are seven chairs missing in the round table space.Unbeknownst to Jiang Wenyuan, four more players died in the round table game.When he regained the function of his left arm and returned to reality with the bird-headed doll in his arms, he happened to see Baimei waking up in the bed next to him.Baimei sat up, she touched the silver chain connected to Jiang Wenyuan, her eyes were a little dazed, "Is the game over?"

When Jiang Wenyuan untied the silver chain, the red string bracelet Baimei bought broke somehow, but he didn't care to look at the bracelet, and got out of bed and came to Baimei's side, "Did you get hit when the game and reality switched? Not feeling well?"

Baimei sat on the bed blankly for a while, and her eyes gradually cleared up. Tears welled up in her eyes, she cried and laughed, and she was very emotional, "Yes, we have cleared the game! I have always told my fate in this round." In the game, I didn't expect to survive. Chen Mian, thank you!"

There is a psychological counseling section in the player forum, and the number of hits on that section has always been high. Many players will lose control of ecstasy and extreme sadness after returning from the game.This should be the case with Baimei. Chen Mian patted her on the back and comforted her: "You're welcome, your performance in the game is also very good. We can come back alive, and you also have a share of the credit."

Baimei stopped laughing suddenly, she grabbed Jiang Wenyuan's left arm, and confirmed to him again in fear, "I really didn't have a dream of clearing the game, but actually cleared the game?"

Jiang Wenyuan frowned. The injuries the player suffered in the game will be brought back to reality. The place where Baimei touched was the wound she inflicted on his left arm.However, Baimei's condition didn't look very good, and Jiang Wenyuan couldn't provoke her too much, he calmly pulled away Baimei's hand that was holding his left arm, "Think about it, there is something on me that you put into the game I didn’t know it before, but I only knew it after clearing the game.”

Baimei lowered her head and thought hard for a while before she said uncertainly, "You have a very important platinum ring."

"That's right, I have a platinum ring." Jiang Wenyuan took the ring out of his pocket and handed it to Baimei.

Baimei carefully held the ring with both hands, "That's right, it's this ring. I've seen it in the game. Also, I've seen the doll of the bird-headed man. You got the doll of the bird-headed man!"

When Baimei turned her head and saw a bird-head doll lying down on Jiang Wenyuan's bedside, she finally relaxed, "We really cleared the game..."

When Jiang Wenyuan finally comforted Baimei, let her continue to sleep for a while, and then healed the wound on her left arm, more than an hour had passed.

Jiang Wenyuan took out his spare mobile phone and called Zuo Zhiyan.

As soon as the call was made, the other party immediately picked up the phone, and a voice that was almost the same as in the game came to Jiang Wenyuan's ears. "Hello, Jiang Wenyuan."

Jiang Wenyuan was startled, "How do you know..."

"After I came back to reality, I haven't been able to wait for your call. I am sure to get the team member I fancy. I secretly took a photo of you in the game. In this world, as long as you have money, there is nothing to do No. When I hired someone to check your information, I asked them to upgrade the confidentiality of your personal information by the way. They said that your personal information is at a high level of confidentiality, but it is a pity that it has not been maintained since half a year ago, so they just There is a chance to find out." Zuo Zhiyan's voice faintly revealed a pleasant taste, "Jiang Wenyuan, is it because the salary of our company's interns is too low, so that you cannot continue to maintain information. In the future, this kind of matter will be handed over to Just let me do it."

Jiang Wenyuan opened his mouth, but did not say anything. After he came back from the first round of the game, all he could do to maintain his information was to delete the photos he posted online and his real name. He had never spent money to maintain his personal information. .

After Zuo Zhiyan got Jiang Wenyuan's information, he became more friendly to him and talked more. "It took you more than an hour to contact me, did something happen?"

Jiang Wenyuan told him about Baimei's loss of control.

"It's a pity." Zuo Zhiyan felt a little sorry for Baimei, but he didn't regret it for too long, "Jiang Wenyuan, I booked you a flight to Beijing at ten o'clock tomorrow morning."

Jiang asked Yuan: "What am I going to do in Beijing?"

Zuo Zhiyan said as a matter of course: "Of course you go to work. If you don't work to make money, what do you use to support yourself?"

Jiang Wenyuan: "..."