betting convention

"Chen Zhifei, I'm Ding Bai. Don't talk now and listen to me. The rule of this game is time. Only when you keep finding the right boxes can you get more time. When time runs out, some of you will disappear The box does not necessarily look like a box, it may be something else. There is only one golden flower card..."

At first, Chen Zhifei was a little shocked when he received the call, but as Ding Bai spoke a series of words, his expression became more and more serious until the phone was cut off and a beep sounded.

In less than ten seconds of voice, the information is extremely complicated.

First of all, Ding Bai is always there.

Secondly, the rule of the game is time, and there is indeed a problem with the box, but the problem is not the box itself, but the connection between the box and the rules.

Only by finding the correct chest will you be able to gain more time...

One last important piece of information is that there is only one Golden Flower card.

Only one golden flower card means that only one of them can get out of the game alive.Chen Zhifei looked at Ye Tao who was next to him, and Ye Tao listened to every word of the call just now.

"Just now, who was that person who spoke?" Ye Tao seemed to have not woken up from the shock just now, and stared at Chen Zhifei in front of him in disbelief.

"Mine, love." Chen Zhifei thought for a while, and said truthfully.

"But, that's not a man..." Ye Tao swallowed the rest of the words, but the shock on his face became more and more serious.

Chen Zhifei didn't pay much attention to these things, he suddenly thought, if Ding Bai could convey this information to him, would it mean that Ding Bai was also in the game.

However, what he can be sure of is that there are indeed only a few of them in the game. If Ding Bai was there, where would it be?Misplaced time and space?Being in the same place but not seeing each other?

Chen Zhifei looked around, as if he wanted to find the invisible person.

Ding Bai's sight outside the screen met the person on the screen for a moment, and soon the two eyes staggered.He sighed and held his forehead.

I didn't hear the last sentence...

If I knew it, I would say the last three words first...

But it was a good thing. Although Chen Zhifei didn't listen to what he said, he should have heard the most important points.In this way, the stalemate will surely be broken soon.

Ding Bai saw that Chen Zhifei was discussing something with the people around him, and soon they took action.First of all, all the overturned boxes were taken to the first floor, and then everyone was called together, as if they wanted to make a big move.

It's just that the people on the screen haven't started yet, but the quarrel started off the screen.

"It's not fair!" said a dealer, pointing at the croupier's nose. "Cheating like this is fair to the rest of us." He was referring to the ten-second conversation between Ding Bai and Chen Zhifei. .

"Before the game started, I told you that the things in the box are random, and what you get is your own luck." The lazy look on the croupier's face disappeared, and his expression gradually became serious, "If you If you don't think it's fair, you can pray that your companions come up with something useful."

"Even if that's the case, what about them?" The croupier pointed to a place on the screen. In the dim picture, a person was curled up in a box, and with the ups and downs of his breathing, he could see his hunched back, "Aren't you Saying they run out of time counts as elimination? Then why are they still on screen?"

"You want to know?" The croupier's expression became more ruthless, and then he smiled slightly, "Don't worry, you will know soon."

There seemed to be something terrible hidden behind this smile, and the troublemakers gradually quieted down.Regarding what the croupier said just now, he felt a little scary for no reason.

He looked at the most inconspicuous of the many screens. In the dimness, his undulating body looked like a trapped beast lurking in the dark.

"There is a problem with the box." Chen Zhifei looked at the crowd and said.

"Didn't you know there was something wrong with the box?" Another person said.

"Yes, but there is a problem with our direction." Chen Zhifei stared at the boxes they collected together and said, "At first, we all thought that it was because we opened the wrong box that someone disappeared. But after what happened just now Everyone should know that the person who disappeared did not disappear out of thin air, but something dragged him away."

"I always thought it was because I opened the wrong box, but just now, I got news that the rule of this bet is time."

"Time?" Someone asked in confusion, "What does the box have to do with time?"

Chen Zhifei picked up one of the boxes on the ground and put it in his hand. He said, "What if time is stored in this box? Open the box and you will get time."

"For example, each of us only had one hour at the beginning. We didn't notice the boxes at the beginning. As time went by, someone started to rummage in this room, someone opened some boxes unconsciously, and then unconsciously Got time."

"And those who have never opened the box..." He closed the box heavily in his hand, "The time is running out and they will be dragged away."

"But the first person to disappear touched the box."

"The box he touched was not the correct box." Chen Zhifei said, and passed the small box in his hand to others, "This kind of box seems to be no different from other boxes, but the tentacle can feel that it is heavy. .”

Everyone fell into deep thought after touching the box, and someone frowned and said, "I seem to have really touched such a box, just yesterday afternoon when I was looking for something."

In other words, they gained more time because they unconsciously touched such a box, so they can stand here now.

"Then how did you know this clue? You can't guess it just by guessing..." Someone raised a question.

Chen Zhifei took out the card that said 1/2 from his pocket: "It appeared in the box on my bedside table last night. There is such a thing. In addition, Ye Tao also has a card in his hand."

"I guess, everyone who opened the box that suddenly appeared on the bedside table last night has a similar card." He looked at the remaining two people, "But you told me before that you didn't open such a card." thing."

"Why lie?"

The remaining two people hesitated and couldn't speak, and finally one of them took out a card with 1 written on it.

"I don't know what this card means, and after I got it, I felt lucky, so I wondered if it was a useful item..."

It was obvious that all of them were hiding clues.Several people looked at the only one who did not speak, as if the atmosphere could no longer be concealed, the last one also took out a card from his pocket.

It read: time, open the box, a golden flower card.

A few short words almost summed up a long series of words that Ding Bai said before, and even people who have never heard Ding Bai's message can understand what it means.

Especially the last words - a golden flower card.

A golden flower card represents that only one of them can get out alive.

The atmosphere became very strange. The people who were still gathered together scattered in all directions without leaving a trace, like a set of scattered chess pieces, placed in four directions of the chessboard.

It took them a lot of effort to figure out what the rules of this gamble were, but they didn't expect that there was only one person who could get out alive in the end.

Who wouldn't want to be the one who walks out alive?Or, who doesn't want to live?

The old lady walked to the hall without a sound, and she reached out to turn on the TV. The silent picture was very similar to the scene at this time.

"I can't explain it. The gambling game is so cruel." The banker who held the clue said, "Next, we can do it ourselves."

After speaking, he walked upstairs and disappeared from everyone's sight.

After all the people dispersed, Chen Zhifei and Ye Tao were still staying in the restaurant on the first floor. There were all kinds of boxes scattered on the ground, and the opening of the box looked like a mocking mouth.

"The number has changed." Ye Tao said from the side, turning his head upstairs, "After knowing the clue, the only thing left is to find the box."

"This is much better than being like a headless chicken before." Ye Tao casually opened a small box containing seasonings in the kitchen, and he found that the number on the card would also change when the box was opened.But not every box will have this effect when opened.

Chen Zhifei sat on a chair in the dining room, listening to the sound of rummaging upstairs and downstairs.He was thinking that maybe things were not that simple.

Now that they know the secret of the box, it seems that the only way to win this game is to keep looking for the box.But, to be honest, they have started a blanket search since yesterday, and I don't know how many boxes, large and small, have been opened in this house.

But after all, the room is so big, and the box will always be opened.Moreover, the numbers on the cards in Ye Tao's hand are increasing very slowly. Although there are many boxes that slip through the net and they haven't opened them, they are only a minority after all.

How can we meet the number of 200?

He thought of the boxes that had suddenly appeared on the bedside table last night... Could there be more boxes that haven't appeared yet?

As time went by, this conjecture was gradually confirmed, because at night, the card number in Ye Tao's hand stayed at 99/200.

And the other news is that they can't find new boxes.

Everything that resembled a box had been opened, even the spice box in the kitchen, the paper box in the toilet, and even the toilet lid.

But the number on that card never changed.

That night, no one could sleep, lying in bed wondering if there would be a box under the pillow.Chen Zhifei turned over and got out of bed, but there was no new box on the bedside table like last night.

He walked out the door and met Ye Tao standing at the stairs.

"Didn't sleep?"

"I haven't slept, not even the old lady." Ye Tao said.

The lights were on downstairs, and the old lady was still sitting on the single sofa watching the silent picture.

Chen Zhifei walked over and stared at the TV. He didn't know what was being played, but he couldn't sleep and stared at the shaking screen boredly.

Boxes, time, golden flower cards, these trivial things have been wandering in his mind.He sighed, rubbed his head, lowered his head, and looked at the thing that the old lady was stepping on.

This box seems to have been there all along!How did he forget this!

"Old lady, can you show me what's under your feet?" Chen Zhifei leaned forward and said.

The old lady didn't speak, but moved her foot tremblingly, revealing what she was stepping on.At first glance, I thought it was a stool, but it was actually a gray box.

Chen Zhifei reached out to open the box, and it was empty.But the card in Ye Tao's hand has changed.

0/100.

The two of them seemed to be woken up, looking around, there was no one in the silence, and the beating pictures on the TV were still silent.

Nothing at all?

The author has something to say:

Chen Zhifei: "I always feel that something is going to happen."

Gouzi: "Really?"