Forced to bind with escape game NPC [unlimited]

Just after the players defeated the statue of the river god, the gate of the Xuyuan Temple, which could not be opened with any brute force, opened by itself. There was no bus outside the temple and the tour guide Madoka could not be seen.

"It seems that the tour guide won't show up before the time. I'm afraid she wants to see us all die here." Chen Ke was glad that he didn't throw paper money into the cash box, otherwise he would have been injured with his strength.

After Qi Anqi helped Jiang Shuimiao clean up the dust on the surface of the wound, she found that the cut was really deep and the blood couldn't stop flowing. In addition, Jiang Shuimiao desperately emphasized that "I'm going to die", she reluctantly put the mineral water bottle She handed it to Jiang Shuimiao, and then took out the prop that Jiang Shuimiao gave her, [a good student's red scarf], which was used to bandage the wound.

Within 2 minutes, after taking off the red scarf, the hideous cut was restored to its original state.

"Sister Seventh..."

The moved Jiang Shuimiao was about to say something, but was interrupted by Qi Anqi: "Now you owe me another prop."

"Ah? Isn't it half?" Jiang Shuimiao clearly remembered that this thing can be used twice.

"I charge interest." Qi An said righteously.

Jiang Shuimiao: QAQ, he has owed another prop before this dungeon.

Players have already started discussing how to pass the dungeon. The river god statue just now is too dangerous. If there is only one person, it will be impossible to fight against it.

Linlin and Zhang Sen discussed for a while, the latter nodded, and then Linlin said to everyone: "I know that the side missions of players' dungeons may be different, but the goal of customs clearance should be the same. Asen and I This time there are no side missions, and the goal of customs clearance is to successfully pray three times."

"Me too."

"me too."

……

"How can it be called three successful prayers? Does the statue of the river god just now count as a prayer?" Jiang Shuimiao asked confused.

"I don't think so." The little girl Bran said softly from the side, only Qi Anqi and Jiang Shuimiao could hear her from this distance.

"Eh?"

"First of all, we have to figure out why the statue of the river will attack the player." The little girl analyzed, "After the statue of the river moved, it stretched out its hand and asked the players for a 'tribute'. It is very likely that we did not give it what it wanted, causing it to go berserk Yes. The dungeons I have experienced often have more than one way to meet the customs clearance conditions. There is a possibility that after we give the tribute, the statue of the river will directly give us this kind of coin, but if we can’t give the so-called sacrifice, We can also get this coin just by defeating it."

Qi An glanced at Bran, her forehead had neat bangs, her face was immature, and her eyes were pure like that of a little girl, but she had the calmness and meticulousness of an adult.Although she wrapped herself in a black cloak, she didn't panic during the time after the river god statue ran away. Qi Anqi even believed that even if she was injured by Jiang Shuimiao, she wouldn't necessarily cry.

"You said there are more than one way to clear the dungeon?" Jian asked Bran.She remembered the assessment in the previous dungeon. The player did not pass the so-called assessment, but sent away the other students who succeeded, and even forced the principal to admit that they passed.This is really not the usual way.

The little girl nodded: "I once experienced a dungeon where players needed to collect a kind of flower. This kind of flower was very difficult to collect. There were dungeon monsters guarding it around, but soon some players discovered that as long as other players were killed, his body would be destroyed." This kind of flower will grow on the Internet. There are a few powerful old players in that book, and they finally passed the game on the first day in this way."

After listening to Bran's words, Qi Anqi thought thoughtfully: "But you told me last night that we have failed in this dungeon. If there is another way, why do you have such an intuition?"

"Ah? What failed?" Jiang Shuimiao was confused, he didn't even know when Qi Anqi became so familiar with the little girl.

"I don't know." Bran couldn't tell the reason either. Her ability would not give specific content, but only the most direct result.

The players at the other end took a closer look at the Heshen Temple, and they found that the ingots in the cash box had disappeared.

"Should we put the coins we just got into it again?"

"The statue of the river god is gone, so it should be useless. The tour guide obviously said something wrong, and he deliberately led us astray. I think the way of making a wish in this cash box is probably wrong."

Hearing the conversation between Linlin and Zhang Sen, Qi Anqi suddenly remembered something.

"Do you still remember what the tour guide Madoka said?" Qi An's chirping voice caught everyone's attention.

"Do you also think that many of her words are lying to us? I feel that she deliberately told us to put paper money into the cash box and let us be killed." Chen Ke said.

"No, it was a sentence she said yesterday." Qi Anqi continued, "She once took us to visit the well and said that it was the most popular attraction in their five-day tour."

"What do you mean?"

"There are two ways to understand this sentence. One is that everyone likes this well as a scenic spot, which is obviously impossible. The other is that in the five-day tour, this well is the most frequently visited by everyone. so that it has become the most popular attraction." Qi Anqi said, looking at the coin with the head of the river god in his hand.

"Ah? Could it be?"

"We have to deliver coins to wells to be counted as prayers?" Chen Ke quickly realized, "Instead of throwing paper money into the money box of the river god statue, throwing coins into lakes, fountains, and wells is more suitable for most people." The folk tradition of praying and wishing.”

"Then don't we have to go back to that village?" Linlin asked in surprise.

"I think the possibility is very high, otherwise why the game has to design those white paper shadows, isn't it just to hinder us on the way to the village without taking the bus?" Zhang Sen seems to think that the well is the right prayer point very likely.

Although the young woman on the side was seriously injured, she was still relieved when she saw the three coins in her hand. Whether she needed to use three coins to pray or try various locations multiple times, she had the highest probability of clearing the dungeon .Of course, she also thought about the possibility of being wiped out if she couldn't find the correct way to clear the level, but this is a three-star book after all, so it won't be so cruel.

Just as everyone was discussing whether to leave for Xuyuan Village now, they heard the sound of a vehicle engine.

Outside the Xuyuan Temple, the bus stopped steadily at the door, and Xiaoyuan got off from it.

"Are my passengers having a good time?"

Seeing the wounded players sitting around the courtyard of the Xuyuan Temple, the tour guide Madoka didn't seem surprised at all, but she still didn't come in, but stood outside the temple gate, only seeing the pile of river statues on the ground After the shattered powder, Zhazha screamed in surprise: "Oh, how did you make the temple of the river god so dirty?"

"Dirty? The river statue in your good place almost killed us!" Linlin said angrily.

Hearing Linlin's words, the tour guide Xiaoyuan once again glanced at all the players with a strange expression: "How could the river god statue hurt devout believers? Did you not give the river god statue the right sacrifice?"

"Didn't you say you threw yesterday's paper money into the cash box?" It was a young woman who asked.

The tour guide Xiao Yuan still had a smile on his face: "Yes, the river god can receive your wishes after throwing paper money, but to make your wishes come true, you need sacrifices?"

"You..." The young woman was so angry that Xiaoyuan was speechless.She never likes to cooperate with other players. She has met too many hypocritical players. They say hello to you on the front foot and sell you on the back foot, but she didn't expect that the NPC is the same.

"Madoka, what exactly is the sacrifice?"

The tour guide Xiaoyuan turned her head, looked at Qi Anqi who asked her this sentence, and squeezed out a strange smile again: "As long as you are devout enough, you will naturally know what the sacrifice is."

The players were a little impatient, and sure enough, the tour guide Madoka didn't tell them a lot.

"Is it the death of any of us?" At this moment, Qi Anqi asked again.

Xiaoyuan's eyeballs rolled around, this time she stopped playing charades, she smiled and replied: "Yes, as long as a devout believer gives everything he has, he will naturally be blessed by the God of the River, just like Xuyuan Village. In the second half of the sentence, there was an imperceptible trace of disgust in Madoka's words, but she quickly said, "Okay, it's almost five o'clock, passengers, please get on the bus."

After Qi Anqi's gaze stayed on Xiaoyuan's face for a while, he finally moved away.Sure enough, as the little girl Bran said, either kill the monster or sacrifice your life, both of which can get the coins needed for the wish.

"Sister Qiqi, why doesn't she care that we destroyed the statue of the river god? She always emphasizes the pious believers?" Jiang Shuimiao asked after walking out of the river temple.

"I guess the river god didn't die with the river god statue, even if you suddenly wake up tonight, you will find that the river god statue is staring at you outside your window." Qi Anqi raised his lips very quickly and said.

Jiang Shuimiao was so frightened that she almost lost control of the mineral water bottle in her hand.

Just getting on the bus, Qi Anqi didn't hurry to get on the seat, but asked the driver Lu Qi: "Where did you go just now?"

This question stunned the other players, they didn't expect Qi Anqi to talk to the driver.In their view, most of these NPCs don't care about you at all, they are just car tools.

Lu Qi glanced at Qi Anqi naturally, but replied without delay: "She went to the village yesterday and stayed there for two hours."

"Thank you." Qi Anqi returned to his seat under the shocked gazes of the players.

"That NPC will answer your question?" Jiang Shuimiao stuffed the mineral water bottle that he had kicked for a long time and didn't know where to throw it into the net pocket on the back of the seat.

Qi An looked down at Jiang Shuimiao's move, and replied, "He's different from those NPCs."

"What's the difference?" Jiang Shuimiao asked, but Qi Anqi stopped talking.

Back at the cabin, the tour guide Madoka introduced the itinerary for tomorrow as usual.

When the players thought that tomorrow's itinerary might be the same as that of the previous two days, given enough free time for activities, the tour guide Madoka made the next day's itinerary full.

"Tomorrow at nine o'clock, we will go to the south of the woods for a picnic and eat local specialties, and then I will take everyone to continue south to the river where the bandits were drowned. It is said that there can still be heard The screams of bandits before they died, after crossing the river, we will enjoy the cultural scenery here, until we will return at four o’clock in the afternoon, return to the car at five o’clock, and return to the cabin.”

"Have we no free time?" asked the young woman.

"Free activities?" Xiaoyuan smiled, "Tomorrow we are very tight, and we don't have time for free activities for everyone. If you like this place, you can travel by car in the future."

Players: ...the self-driving tour will come again when you are full.

After the tour guide Madoka finished speaking, he went to prepare dinner.

"What should we do? Should we refuse to go to the itinerary point tomorrow and try to go to that small village to complete the task?" Chen Ke asked.

"Even if we walk, is there really enough time? It's an hour's drive away." Linlin questioned, "What if tomorrow's scenic spot is the real place to pray? Wouldn't we have missed it?"

"It's one more day..." Zhang Sen hesitated, "If we don't complete the dungeon goal, will we be left in this ghost place forever?"

His words caused the players to fall into silence thoughtfully. No one had forgotten the villagers in white linen clothes. They didn't look like that.

After dinner, Qi Anqi went upstairs to take a shower, but when she went downstairs, Linlin told her that Al Bugu and the young woman had gone out.

"They went to the village? Aren't they afraid of those paper dolls?" Qi Anqi didn't expect these two people to go out just like that.

"I asked the same question, but the woman said that she would meet her on the road tomorrow, so why not go tonight, so as not to miss tomorrow's itinerary. Albugu, like us, doesn't like that woman very much, but he also thinks What she said made sense, so she went out together, saying that if she succeeds, she can come back and let us know." After Linlin explained, she added, "Both of them have lighting props, so they should be able to find their way."

Indeed, if you have to face those paper figures, daytime is not necessarily safer than nighttime.

Qi Anqi's eyes rested on the camel fur coat on the hanger—Albugu didn't wear a coat when he went out.

In the living room, the fire from the fireplace illuminated the room, and also illuminated the painting that Qi Anqi had seen on the first day he arrived here, the sun that was not sure whether it was rising or setting.There is obviously no setting sun or rising sun here, so what is this painting telling her?

Everything seemed to be back to the original point, and Qi Anqi always felt that something was about to blurt out, but it was just a little bit off.

No one can sleep tonight. Tomorrow may be a critical day. They must find a way to clear this dungeon.

Zhang Sen and Linlin snuggled up on the sofa. They were both very tired today, but they couldn't fall asleep. Chen Ke couldn't hold it anymore, and went upstairs in the middle of the night. Little girls Bran and Qi Anqi curled up on the single sofa On the next day, Jiang Shuimiao didn't dare to sleep when everyone didn't sleep.In addition to thinking, they spent more time waiting, waiting for the young woman and Al Bugu who went out in the middle of the night.

It wasn't until Lu Qi appeared that Qi Anqi realized that the night was about to pass.

There was still no light outside the window at this time, the two underage children had already fallen asleep on the sofa, Zhang Sen and Linlin also dozed off, only Qi Anqi was still awake.

"You didn't sleep all night." Lu Qi used declarative sentences.

"Yes, today is the last day, and I'm thinking about how to pass this copy." Her voice was very low.

"Have you thought of it?"

"No……"

The firelight from the fireplace was reflected on Lu Qi's side face, and the silver earrings were clustered with the same warm orange color as the fire. He was standing not far from her, watching her with calm eyes.

"Then why don't you go to bed?" His tone was also calm.

Qi Anqi didn't know how to refute for a while, so she had to change the subject: "Why are you here?"

Except for the night before, she never saw him in the living room at any other time, and when she saw him, she was on the bus, so Qi An tacitly assumed that the cabin had a back door.

"There will be no schedule today." The man answered seriously.

"How could you..."

Suddenly, Qi Anqi noticed that his eyes stopped on her chest, her words froze, and she quickly lowered her head to look at the necklace with the ring on her chest.

At this time, the exposed side of the ring was hanging on the neckline, and she almost pushed it back without thinking.

"How did you know?" She continued what she said just now as if nothing had happened. After she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered that Lu Qi told her that there were a group of players before them. None of these players cleared the level, but the experience they encountered Should be fixed.

Wait a moment--

The answer she had been pondering all night was about to blurt out.

"Actually..." Lu Qi hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said.

"Ah, passengers, are you already so eager to participate in today's event?" Madoka who suddenly appeared interrupted their conversation. She seemed to be looking forward to today's itinerary, her eyes narrowed into a line, and her The round face is in stark contrast.

The sleeping players were suddenly awakened by this seemingly passionate words.

"Mr. Driver, why are you here?" Seeing that everyone woke up, Xiaoyuan asked Lu Qi.

"The bus broke down, and it can't be repaired until dawn." Lu Qi replied casually.

The players who heard this sentence looked at each other in blank dismay. Is this the key plot in this dungeon?

"That's a pity." Madoka showed a sad expression for the first time, "Without a car, we wouldn't be able to go to the scenic spot."

"Then we can move freely today, I want to see the village and the temple again." The voice of the little girl Bran came.

Madoka showed a somewhat nerve-wracking expression, but finally said: "Well, today's itinerary can be changed to a whole day of free activities, but if there is an accident during the free activities, the travel agency will not be held responsible." Responsibility."

Accident?

"How can there be such a saying of shirking responsibility..." Jiang Shuimiao was a little speechless.

After breakfast, Albuquerque's camel-colored fur coat was still hanging on the hanger.

"I just heard...you were talking to that NPC." Bran walked up to Jianqi and said, "Do you know each other?"

"It's not acquaintance, I saw it in the last dungeon." Qi An replied.

Bran said a little strangely: "I've never heard of the situation where the same NPC will be encountered in different copies. Isn't he an NPC?"

Qi Anqi nodded meaningfully: "Yes, I am also very strange."

"..." The little girl felt that she was being perfunctory.

At this time, it was dawn, but the door of the cabin was still closed.At this time, the remaining players have already confirmed that the bus accident is a fixed plot, and today is the last day for the players to clear the dungeon.

"Shall we go to visit the village?" Linlin asked, "But the bus takes an hour, how long do we have to go?"

"One hour." Qi An's voice came calmly.

Jiang Shuimiao blinked twice, and looked at Qi Anqi in a daze. Last second he was calculating how long it would take for a human to walk at a normal pace if the average speed of the bus was 60 kilometers per hour. When Qi An opened his mouth, he replied, "One hour."

Wait, sister Qiqi, normal people are not at this speed!

"Have we been deceived?" Bran immediately reacted, "Actually, the bus took a detour?"

"The bus didn't take a detour, but this copy is like this. The village is to the east of the cabin, and the temple is to the west. It takes an hour to go east no matter what means of transportation you use, running or walking, and the west is the same .”

"Ah? I don't understand?" Jiang Shuimiao was even more confused, "If it takes an hour to walk, why does it take an hour by car?"

Glancing at Bran who already understood, Qi Anqi sighed, "You're still a high school student."

High school student Jiang Shuimiao:?

"Let's put it this way, in this dungeon, the distance is not calculated in units of distance, but time. You can understand this as a unique rule of this dungeon. Speed ​​doesn't mean anything. Time is the key to judging whether you have reached a certain place. The best example is when I went back on the first day of the trip, I asked Lu... the driver to speed up the car on the way back, but it was still an hour before we got back to the cabin. So we only need to go west for an hour, It must be able to reach the Temple of the River." What the painting wanted to remind her was not the sun, but time.Everything in this dungeon is determined by time. It is dawn at 9 o'clock and dark at 6 o'clock. This is a rule rather than a natural phenomenon.

And what they have to do is to use this rule to clear the dungeon.

"So that's how it is..." Jiang Shuimiao nodded, and immediately responded, "Wait, why did you go to the Temple of the River?"

"I want to confirm something, you can also go according to your own ideas." Qi An snorted.

Although the couple Chen Ke and Zhang Sen understood what Qi Anqi said, they obviously did not approve of going to the Heshen Temple. They wanted to go to the village to confirm the situation of the young woman and Arbugu.

In the end, Jiang Shuimiao naturally continued to go to Heshen Temple with Qi Anqi, while the CP couple Chen Ke and Zhang Senlinlin chose to go to the village, and Bran unexpectedly followed Qi Anqi.

"Why did you keep up?" Jiang Shuimiao asked.

The little girl gave him a blank look: "I want you to take care of it."

Jiang Shuimiao: "."

Along the way, Qi Anqi found that there were a lot fewer paper figurines than yesterday, or that there were a lot fewer paper figurines following them, and they were all looking at them, no matter how close they stood, they didn't intend to attack them.

Since there was no clock, the three of them could not know the exact time, and Qi Anqi walked at a leisurely pace.When the red and blue river temple appeared in front of her eyes, she knew it was an hour.

"Strange, yesterday's powder disappeared." After entering the courtyard, Jiang Shuimiao found that although the footprints in the courtyard were messy, the powder left after killing the statue of the river god yesterday had disappeared.

When they walked into the temple, the tall statue of the river god knelt on the high platform in front of the three of them with its hands facing upwards, and the cash box and futon were still placed in front of it.

"Help...the statue of the river god has come back to life." Jiang Shuimiao took a deep breath remembering what happened yesterday, "Sister Qiqi, what should we do, let's run away before it comes alive."

"Escape?" Qi Anqi took out four pieces of gold leaf-colored tissue paper from his bag, "I came here to wake it up."

[The author has something to say]

Tweet a Haki friend's fantasy text:

"Wealthy koi rely on salted fish to form a group pet"

Bie Yun transmigrated into a novel. She was a super capable but despised real daughter. She played in the entertainment and dance circles and investment circles, but was not recognized by the rich.

Shi Bieyun, dressed as a genius: ... lie down _(:з」∠)_

She is tone deaf, has never learned acting or dancing, and lost 3000 yuan in funds, which means she knows nothing.

If you can't fight, it's better to be a salted fish quietly, get into a university and wait to get a dividend later.

But it didn't take long for her to realize that the novel was not quite right——

Dad bought an entertainment company specifically and asked her if she wanted to enter the entertainment industry.Shi Bieyun just refused, and turned around and a video became popular all over the Internet.

Mom bought her all kinds of luxurious clothes and jewelry, and brought her into the circle of celebrities.Shibie Yunzhai's family didn't want to move, and in the next second, countless banquet invitations flew like snowflakes.

Her brother gave her tens of millions of pocket money and asked her to invest and have fun.She threw in a hopeless stock, and within two days the daily limit doubled N times?

Even the younger sister who was hugged wrong chased her and called her elder sister, blowing rainbow farts on everyone she saw.

The whole family loves and spoils: Yunyun is really a little lucky star!

Shi Bieyun: ...the way she opened the book is not right?

Liang Xinglan knew that he would die on this day.

Every time he dies, he will wake up again, and then repeat the same life as the script.

The first time, he died in a car accident.

The second time, he avoided a car accident, but was crushed to death by a vase thrown from high altitude.

The third time, he chose to stay at home, only to encounter a fire.

……

Countless times, he finally escaped all possible dangers, but was diagnosed with terminal cancer on his birthday.

Liang Xinglan with a healthy family history: "..."

He knew that he couldn't escape the fate of this damn script.

Until this time, when he was reborn, standing in front of him was the newly found daughter of the Shi family.

A voice dinged in his head——

"The world line is beginning to change, and the future is unpredictable."