deadly round table

The rookie male player saw other people walking past him one by one. He lay down on the ground, crying out loudly, using his hands instead of his unconscious feet, trying to crawl forward, trying to catch up with the people who were getting closer to him The more distant professors and teaching assistants.

However, the rookie male player was not originally a disabled person, his hands had not undergone special training, and the terrain in the forest was uneven, and the night also seriously affected his vision. All kinds of unfavorable conditions were superimposed, and his crawling speed could not keep up with other players. walking speed.He cried so much that his whole face wrinkled together, "Don't leave me..."

Li Na couldn't bear to see the embarrassed appearance of the rookie male player.But the professor has already said that they still need to walk for more than an hour in this invisible forest. It is not easy to keep up with the big troops. The price for her being taken away is the whole right arm. A rookie male player, but there is nothing she can do to help.All she has to do now is to quickly find Jiang Wenyuan and follow up with the large army with him.

Li Na searched around with a flashlight, where is the person?She was a little nervous, could it be that Jiang Wenyuan was dragged into the darkness by something?She said in a panic, "Brother Chen, where are you..."

"Li Lingling, I'm here." Jiang Wenyuan replied.

Li Na searched for the sound, and Jiang Wenyuan knelt down next to the rookie male player, "What's your name?"

The rookie male player grabbed Jiang Wenyuan's trousers with his muddy hands as if grabbing a life-saving straw, "My name is Lu Yingqi, don't leave me behind."

Jiang Wenyuan said: "That depends on whether you are obedient enough."

Without even thinking about it, Lu Yingqi blurted out: "As long as you don't abandon me, no matter what you ask me to do, I will do it!"

"Very good. I'm Chen Mian, you can just call me Brother Chen." Jiang Wenyuan smiled, and pointed at Li Na who was walking over with a flashlight, "This is my companion, Li Lingling."

Jiang Wenyuan followed Zuo Zhiyan to receive the guidance of a professional coach. After more than a month, the effect was remarkable. He easily hugged Lu Yingqi, who was similar in physique to him, and it was still a standard princess hug.

It was the first time in Lu Yingqi's life that he was hugged by a princess of the same sex. Although he felt extremely ashamed in his heart, he didn't dare to have any opinions, and stayed in Jiang Wenyuan's arms obediently like a small animal.

Jiang Wenyuan reminded the dumbfounded Li Na, "Li Lingling, watch the way."

Li Na hastened to send a flashlight to the big troops who had already moved some distance away from them.

The forest is a bit dense, and branches come out from time to time. Li Na's right arm is taken away, and she has to take care of playing the flashlight and opening the way. She is a little too busy. Lu Yingqi whispered: "I can also help with the flashlight."

Jiang Wenyuan rejected him, "I don't need your help."

Lu Yingqi groaned and lowered his head.

Jiang Wenyuan and Li Na walked very fast, and it didn't take long for them to keep up with the large army.A man who fell behind the large army saw them coming up and greeted them: "I didn't expect that No. 1, the overall strength of this round of games, is so kind-hearted. I am Jiang Zhan. I will sit next to you and make friends." .”

Jiang Wenyuan nodded to Jiang Zhan who was a full head taller than him, "Hi, I'm Chen Mian."

Jiang Zhan patted his strong arm, and said to Jiang Wenyuan: "Friend, I come from the Lian family, let me carry him, and I will replace you when I am tired."

Lu Yingqi was naturally very happy in his heart, but he remembered his promise to Jiang Wenyuan, "Brother Chen..."

However, Jiang Wenyuan flatly rejected Jiang Zhan's help, "Thank you, but it's unnecessary. Li Lingling, hurry up."

Li Na hurriedly followed Jiang Wenyuan's pace with the flashlight on.

Lu Yingqi's head was lowered, almost beyond the limits of the human body and his face was buried in his chest. He was carried by Princess Jiang Wenyuan and passed through more than a dozen players. It was a public execution!

Jiang Wenyuan walked quickly with Lu Yingqi in his arms, panting slightly, "Lu Yingqi, for the next hour, no matter how tired you are, you can't let go of your hand. Once you let go, I won't care about you anymore, understand? ?”

Lu Yingqi couldn't understand the meaning of Jiang Wenyuan's whole sentence, but he only needed to remember the request not to let go, and he was extremely nervous, "I understand."

"Very good." Jiang Wenyuan said, and quickly walked behind the teaching assistant, with both arms, he buckled Lu Yingqi onto the teaching assistant's back, "hugging his shoulders."

Only then did Lu Yingqi finally understand the meaning of not letting go, no wonder Brother Chen wanted to give him a princess hug, and didn't let him help with the flashlight. It turned out that Brother Chen had already planned to let the assistant take him!Lu Yingqi quickly put his hands around the assistant's neck.

The teaching assistant was tossed by Jiang Wenyuan and Lu Yingqi for a while, and stopped with a blank expression, and turned to look at Jiang Wenyuan, "What are you doing?"

Jiang Wenyuan said nonchalantly, "I want to ask how long it will take to reach Dabu Village."

The teaching assistant was a little impatient, "Didn't you say there is still an hour?"

After answering Jiang Wenyuan's question, the teaching assistant ignored Jiang Wenyuan and stepped up to catch up with the professor.Lu Yingqi was much taller than the teaching assistant. He hung on the teaching assistant's back, dragging his disabled feet on the ground. As the teaching assistant moved forward, he picked up the dead leaves and dirt on the ground.

Everyone looked at Lu Yingqi who was hanging behind the teaching assistant like a salted fish.

Li Na: "..."

Jiang Zhan: "..."

Other players: "..."

How could there be such a showy operation? !

But thinking about it, it seems that it is really practical. When Lu Yingqi cried for help, the teaching assistants and professors directly regarded him as non-existent. What's the problem.

Jiang Wenyuan met Li Na's admiring eyes, and walked to her side, "Turn off your flashlight."

"Ah?" Li Na was a little confused, but she still turned off the flashlight as Jiang Wenyuan said, and put it back in the bag.

"Didn't I say, don't rely too much on me?" Jiang Wenyuan looked towards the forest as deep as a black hole, "I've already told you the answer, you should think about it yourself."

Li Na looked around and began to think.They have just entered the game, and there are only two clues around them: the forest they are in, and the professor and teaching assistant who guide them.

In the forest shrouded in darkness, there are few shrubs, and there are all towering trees with strange shapes, like monsters with teeth and claws, quietly watching the players passing through the forest.The cold wind blew, and the leaves collided with each other and made a dull rustling sound, just like the whispers of monsters, discussing how to cook the players into a delicious supper.

Li Na shivered with fright from her own imagination. She really didn't find any clues related to the flashlight in the forest, so she turned to look at the professor and teaching assistant.The professor and teaching assistants are at the front of the line. They are walking fast. If the players are a little slower, they are likely to fall behind.Li Na observed the two of them carefully, and finally found some clues. Both the professor and the teaching assistant were holding lighting tools. Their lighting tools looked like old-fashioned lanterns. The transparent outer wall of the lantern showed a very light blue color, which was filtered by the transparent outer wall. , the light source emits a cool light, illuminating the surrounding environment for everyone.

In the current environment, it is difficult to find the difference between white light and blue light without careful observation.

Although Li Na hasn't figured out why the lanterns in their hands have to be color-filtered, but be cautious and don't use unfiltered flashlights, you can't go wrong.

Li Na happily wanted to tell Jiang Wenyuan what she thought, but found that Jiang Wenyuan was looking intently at Lu Yingqi on the assistant's back.Li Na couldn't help but ponder. Based on her understanding of Jiang Wenyuan, he was not a kind person. In the last round of the game, she directly wanted to hug Jiang Wenyuan's thigh, but Jiang Wenyuan calmly avoided him.There must be something special about Lu Yingqi that attracted Jiang Wenyuan, which made Jiang Wenyuan pay attention to him.

Coincidentally, on the round table, Lu Yingqi was sitting next to Li Na.Li Na carefully recalled what happened in the round table space. Lu Yingqi was the player who took away the price before her. At that time, Li Na was very nervous. She was very afraid that important functions such as vision and hearing would be taken away. It might not even take half a second, but Hua Xianzi just skipped over Lu Yingqi's head and flew on top of her head.

Li Na thought about Jiang Wenyuan again. After she found Jiang Wenyuan at the round table, she paid some attention to Jiang Wenyuan.When Hua Fairy took away Jiang Wenyuan's price, she hovered over his head for a long time, and the transparent wings scattered a lot of fluorescent powder, all of which fell on Jiang Wenyuan's body...

Li Na was startled suddenly, fluorescent powder!

Why did she feel that Jiang Wenyuan was looking at Lu Yingqi intently just now? It was because Jiang Wenyuan's face and chest were stained with Huaxianzi's fluorescent powder, so she could see the expression on Jiang Wenyuan's face clearly under the faint light of the fluorescent powder.I didn't expect Huaxianzi's fluorescent powder to be brought into the game!

The fluorescent powder of Huaxianzi showed a warm light, while the lanterns of the professor and teaching assistants had a blue cold light. Li Na always felt the need to tell Jiang Wenyuan her discovery.But before she could say anything, she was interrupted by the professor.

"We are almost there." The professor stopped and pointed to the end of the forest. "Through this forest, there is Dabu Village. In order to avoid more troubles, I will emphasize it to you again. The people of Dabu Village The eyes and skin of the villagers have photophobia, so the life and rest of Dabu Village are contrary to the general situation of the society. They come out at night and hunt and forest plants for a living. The sacred tree they believe in is a tree over the age of A thousand-year-old tree, this tree is located in the forest we just passed through."

The teaching assistant continued: "After arriving in Dabu Village, there are two taboos that must not be violated. First, you cannot use any lighting in front of the villagers of Dabu Village without their consent, and the same goes for mobile phones. Second, what we need The plant samples will be obtained through negotiations between the professor and the head of Dabu Village. You are not allowed to harm the trees in Dabu Village and the forest at will. This inspection period lasts for twelve days. After participating in the sacred tree sacrifice in Dabu Village, we will Leave. During this period, you must not violate the taboo of Dabu Village."

There was a big man hanging on the teaching assistant, and he trekked through the forest for more than an hour without shaking or panting.Realizing the abnormality of the teaching assistant, the players felt a little nervous.

A group of players followed to the entrance of Dabu Village. It was late at night, but Dabu Village was full of people coming and going, very lively.

The villagers of Dabu Village, old and young, all wear black gauze.Under the dimly lit blue street lamps, which are only available every 200 meters in Dabu Village, the villagers wrapped in black gauze look like wandering ghosts.

The professor and the teaching assistant put out the lanterns, saluted each other with the village chief who came to pick them up, exchanged a few greetings, and then led the players into Dabu Village.Li Na looked at the scene of ghosts rampant in the village, and hesitated to go in, but she fell from the front of the team to the back all of a sudden.

Jiang Wenyuan waited for her in place for a while, "Let's go in quickly."

Li Na felt dry in her throat, "I'm not ready yet, can I wait a little longer..."

Jiang Zhan walked to Jiang Wenyuan's side, and gave a chuckle of unknown meaning, "Wait a while, do you want to be the second missing player?"

"What?!" Li Na jumped up in shock. She didn't care about verifying Jiang Zhan's words, and jumped directly into Dabu Village.

Jiang Wenyuan glanced at Jiang Zhan indifferently, and followed Li Na into Dabu Village without saying a word.

After Li Na entered the village, she quickly counted the number of players. There were [-] walking players, including Lu Yingqi on the assistant's back, and there were [-] in total.She was afraid that she would make a wrong count, so she counted again carefully, and it was nineteen, which was correct.She said to Jiang Zhan angrily, "You lied to me!"

"I'm sorry, I probably forgot to count Lu Yingqi." Jiang Zhan apologized to Li Na with a smile, but his tone didn't show any sincerity, which made Li Na even more angry.

After the village head led the players into the village, he introduced the places they had walked while walking. After a little detour in Dabu Village, the village head invited the professor and teaching assistants to drink and exchange feelings, and asked a young guy in the village to take the players They went to where they were going to live for the next twelve days.

Lu Yingqi has a strong desire to survive. He has been hanging on the assistant's back. Now his hands are so numb that he is about to lose consciousness. The assistant just happened to be standing next to the village head. Lu Yingqi took the opportunity to say to the village head: "My leg is injured. Can't you arrange a wheelchair for me?"

The village chief smiled kindly at Lu Yingqi, as if he liked him very much, "Of course, I have an unused wheelchair at home. Why don't you come to my house for a drink with the professor, and take the wheelchair away after drinking."

Lu Yingqi didn't even have a chance to refute, so he was taken away by the teaching assistant.

The young guy was not as good-tempered as the village head, so he led the players back to the village entrance with a cold face.

It was a two-story small building with a different architectural style from other buildings in Dabu Village. The small building was made of cement and red bricks, and there were no tiles on the bare walls, which looked very simple.There are six rooms in each small building, and there are twelve rooms in total on two floors. A round wooden sign the size of a palm is hung on the door of each room. Complicated, it looks like a tree.

Compared with the simple appearance, the decoration inside the room is much better.Each room has sufficient lighting, a bunk bed, a round table and tea set, three chairs, and an independent bathroom.The only fly in the ointment is that there are no curtains on the windows facing the forest. However, the villagers of Dabu Village should not do peeping in the forest they believe in. No peeping.

The young guy said gloomily: "Your professors and teaching assistants will also live here. Besides you, Dabu Village also receives three tourists, and they also live here. You need to communicate with them well, and each room will accommodate two Personally, there are exactly twelve rooms. Dabu Village will provide you with two meals a day, one at six in the morning and one at nine in the evening. After half an hour, we will serve you the first meal Traditional food in Bucun.”

Clearly explained what should be explained, the young guy was unwilling to talk nonsense to the players, he pulled up the black gauze to wrap the lower half of his face, leaving only a pair of yellow eyes exposed, and left the small building on the second floor.

There are a total of nineteen players, and there will be a single player who wants to live with the tourists, and the players are looking for suitable companions.Li Na felt that she must be in the same room as Jiang Wenyuan, but she didn't expect that Jiang Zhan, who had just entered the village to frighten her, would have the nerve to come and rob her.Jiang Zhan smiled and said to Jiang Wenyuan: "Can I live with you?"

Li Na sneered and waited for Jiang Zhan to be rejected, but Jiang Wenyuan unexpectedly agreed to Jiang Zhan's request, "Yes."

Although Jiang Wenyuan had said in advance that Li Na should not trust him too much or rely on him too much, but this is too alienated.Li Na felt extremely wronged.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Wenyuan added another sentence, "Lu Yingqi will also live with us, and when he comes back, let's discuss which two people will sleep on the floor."

Li Na's mood was like a roller coaster, flying from the extremely low point to the top all of a sudden, she was a little puzzled, "But didn't the villager just say that two people live in one house, is it okay to violate this rule?"

Jiang Wenyuan took down the tree totem wooden sign located in the southernmost room on the first floor, pushed the door open, "He didn't say that two people must share one room, and even if he forced two people to live in one room, I don't really want to do it. He did what he said."

Li Na was full of doubts when she heard Jiang Wenyuan's words, but she didn't directly ask Jiang Wenyuan why.Li Na misunderstood that Jiang Wenyuan wanted to abandon her just now, and the feeling of despair still lingers in her heart. Although she hates Yi Qingzhou very much, Yi Qingzhou is right. She likes the habit of relying on others. become a fatal flaw.

Half an hour later, at six o'clock in the morning, the sky was already pale.

The young guy from Dabu Village came back and forth, and he brought players the traditional food of Dabu Village, as well as Lu Yingqi in a wheelchair.Lu Yingqi's face was flushed, and he hiccupped from time to time, it seemed that he had been given a lot of alcohol.Probably because he was afraid that he would catch a cold, he was still wearing a black veil that everyone in Dabu Village wore.

Lu Yingqi was very drunk, but he knew people very well. He waved vigorously at Jiang Wenyuan, "Brother Chen, I'm back!"

Jiang Wenyuan asked Li Na and Jiang Zhan to take food for four people from the dining car, and led the drunk into the house by the way.

After closing the door, Lu Yingqi's drunken state disappeared completely. He chuckled twice, and took out a lantern from under the black veil, which looked familiar, "This is the teaching assistant's lantern. I hung it on his back all the way. After looking at the lantern for a long time, I always felt that this lantern was very special, so I pretended to be drunk and took it away." Lu Yingqi handed the lantern to Jiang Wenyuan as if offering a treasure, "Brother Chen, can you see if this lantern is useful!"

Jiang Wenyuan hid the lantern under the bed, and praised Lu Yingqi, "It's very useful, you've been of great help."

Lu Yingqi's eyes lit up with joy, it seemed that he was still slightly affected by alcohol, otherwise he wouldn't be able to laugh after all the functions of his lower body were taken away.

Lu Yingqi was in a wheelchair, and the other three chairs happened to be one for each person. The four of them sat around the round table and looked at the food on the tray.Under the bright light, the grilled meat, which is still steaming, is shiny with oil and smells full of fragrance.But their focus is not on the roast, but on the leaves and twigs on the plate.The leaves have only been washed with water without any other treatment, and the branches have scorched marks.

Lu Yingqi had some food at the village chief's house, and he introduced it to the three people: "People in Dabu Village stay day and night and cannot farm. These leaves and branches are their staple food. These leaves are thick and juicy, and they taste very sweet. The branches need to be peeled and eaten, they are very chewy, and the taste and texture are similar to beef tendon. These branches and leaves taste pretty good."

The three of Jiang Wenyuan tasted some leaves and branches respectively, and as Lu Yingqi said, these branches and leaves are very delicious.

Lu Yingqi also picked up a branch and peeled it, "I just heard the village chief chatting with the professor. The professor wanted to promote the edible trees unique to Dabu Village, but the village chief rejected the professor, saying that these trees are all The avatar of the sacred tree will wither after leaving Dabu Village. We are here to participate in the sacred tree festival, so this news should be useful."

After Jiang Wenyuan tasted the branches and leaves, he didn't eat any more. He asked Lu Yingqi: "Then have they talked about the sacred tree sacrifice? What are the sacrifices for the sacred tree sacrifice?"

Lu Yingqi shook his head, and he said with some regret: "When I left, they hadn't talked about the sacred tree sacrifice. If they had known that I would stay at the village chief's house for a while, maybe they would have talked about it."

Jiang Wenyuan had a better mentality than Lu Yingqi, and he said calmly, "It's okay if we don't know, we can check it ourselves. The warning from the teaching assistant can prove that Dabu Village has a very devout belief in the sacred tree, and they will definitely serve God with their hearts The tree prepares sacrifices. Today we will allocate the beds first, sleep until dark, and then look for the sacrifices of the sacred tree."

Li Na walked in the forest for more than an hour, and was terrified. When Jiang Wenyuan said that she would go out at night, she shuddered fiercely, "Can't I go out when I'm full? The sky will soon be all bright." gone."

Jiang Zhan liked to eat branches, so he quietly ate Jiang Wenyuan's share of branches.With the last branch in his mouth, he said, "Of course not. There are street lights in Dabu Village, which proves one thing. Even if they have photophobia, they still have phototaxis in their instincts. But they are completely I chose the day and night routine. Li Lingling, you must not have noticed just now that when the young man in the village delivered our meals, he had an extra knife on his waist."

Jiang Wenyuan nodded approvingly, "In this world, the day is more dangerous than the night."