Flirting with old enemies in escape games

—and died.

All this happened too quickly, from the time when the big man fell to the ground with his mouth covered and whimpered in pain, he rolled desperately until he died within a few seconds.

The players in the front row of the chalk circle were frightened and took half a step back. By the time they realized it, scarlet blood had already flowed all over the ground.

Ma Liang knelt beside the fallen computer chair, with his head buried on the floor, his hands that were covering his mouth were limp and drooping, and blood flowed from his mouth.

"... Ma, Ma Liang?" Someone asked, "What's wrong with you? Are you okay?"

Ma Liang in the chalk circle didn't answer, but just lay motionless on the ground, his eyes were full of pain and despair, and he couldn't stand his death.

"..."

How could this be?

An icy chill crawled up the soles of the feet, and invisible fear shrouded everyone in darkness. Even the old players who were used to death did not expect him to die so suddenly.

One second he was still saying that he was going to finish the fight, and the next second he died suddenly. For a while, everyone was stunned, and the whole wooden house fell into a dead silence.

Until Wei Minmin's terrified and trembling scream broke the silence: "Ahhhh—"

She was originally shrunk at the outermost edge of the crowd, but she realized what happened when the blood flowed outside, so she stood up and took a look.

Immediately frightened by the terrifying scene in front of him, he nearly fainted, his legs went limp and he fell to the ground, trembling uncontrollably, speaking incoherently, and it took him a long time to utter a complete sentence.

"He's dead? Dead? No, why...how could this be...? Didn't he, he finish the puzzle?! Why did he die?"

That's right, he just said that there are only a few pieces of the puzzle left. According to the time calculation, it is obvious that the puzzle has been completed, and the fox over there has just started. How could he die suddenly?

No one could answer the question, and the game on the computer screen paused, forming a blurry picture that was impossible to see clearly.

The big rabbit who had been standing next to the computer desk fell asleep while holding its hammer. At this moment, he felt something strange in the room, and opened his eyes lazily, with red eyeballs turning left and right.

It tilted its head to look at the computer screen, then looked at the dead Ma Liang on the ground, covered its mouth with its plush arms and pretended to be surprised: "Wow, it turns out that Pony Ma has finished fighting, I'm sorry, Tutu almost fell asleep just now." It's on~"

What is almost, aren't you already asleep? !

"Ha~" It huffed slowly, not surprised at all: "Pony Ma died, the game failed, what a pity."

Big Rabbit went to the computer and bent down to help the fallen computer chair and set it up, but was blocked by Ma Liang's body, so he pushed him aside casually.

Due to the effect of external force, Ma Liang's body turned half a circle with two "dong dong", and fell to the ground with his head upside down, and the hand covering his mouth was also thrown away due to inertia.

At this time, the players can see clearly!

Ever seen that puppet used to perform ventriloquism?

That kind of TV is held in the hand of a ventriloquist performer, and the face is carved with realistic wooden dolls.

They generally have round eyes like copper bells, and the chin is cut into two long and narrow seams, "growing" a dull and stiff face that seems to be smiling but not smiling, and the mouth will open and close to simulate human speech. The difference is that their mouths are usually very big, taking up one-third of the entire face, and their movements are exaggerated when they speak, with their chins almost touching their necks, very much like Ma Liang's current appearance...

His mouth was wide open, as if he was thrust open by a pair of hands while holding the upper and lower jaws. The angle of the split in the middle was enough to fit a tennis ball, and the entire jaw looked more like a severe dislocation. , hanging weakly at the collarbone.

And there was no tongue in the wide open mouth, only a small tongue root was left, and blood was flowing.

Two fingers of his right hand were also missing.

Big Rabbit moved the computer chair, looked up at the players and asked, "By the way, where is player number 16? Oh, Xiao Minmin, it's your turn~"

"No, no!" Wei Minmin was scared out of her wits at first, when she heard what it said, she immediately got up in horror, turned around and wanted to run away, but how could she be faster than the big rabbit?

He was caught before reaching the door of the wooden house, and the big rabbit dragged her back step by step by grabbing an arm: "Xiao Minmin~ Where are you going? It's your turn~ Hurry up and play the game Woolen cloth"

"No! No! Let me go! Let me go, I don't want to play, don't play this kind of game, I don't want to play! Help! Help!" Wei Minmin screamed and struggled desperately, begging for help from the surrounding players: "Sister Cui, Sister Cui, save me, save me!"

The body of Ma Liang's tragic death was still there, let alone a newcomer girl, old players felt very intrusive.

But other people can't do anything about it. No matter how bad-tempered the old lady is, she doesn't dare to violate the rules of the game set by Rubik's Cube. If she actively attacks an NPC, she will be killed.

Seeing that the big rabbit was about to drag her into the chalk circle, Ji Wuhuan who was standing in front suddenly reached out to stop it: "Wait, we still have some questions before the game starts."

"Oh? Yes, you can ask, Xiao Ai Ai~" The big rabbit stopped and let go of Wei Minmin for the time being. The girl recovered her life, as if she saw a savior, she scrambled and hid to Ji Wuhuan Behind Nie Yuan.

The young man gently touched his earlobe, pondered for a moment and asked, "Why did Ma Liang finish the puzzle before the fox according to the rules of the game, but died?"

Just now when Ma Liang asked if defeating the fox was faster than its puzzle, the big rabbit didn't answer directly, but said that there would be punishment for slow spelling.

At that time, he felt that something was wrong. He just thought that there were two chances to try anyway, and it would be okay if he lost. He could take the opportunity to collect some information, so he didn't ask any further.

However, what I never expected was that Ma Liang died directly during the second attempt!

This stupid dead rabbit played a word game again. It just said that if you spell slowly, you will lose, but it didn't say that if you spell fast, you will win!

This is the first time that this kind of direct death in the game has happened since the sixth level of the game. Could it be that the difficulty has increased because this is the penultimate level of the game?

At this time, the big rabbit had an innocent face, touched his face with his plush arms, and twisted his buttocks: "I don't know, the rabbit has never tried a jigsaw puzzle with the little fox~"

"Then what counts as winning?"

"Tutu doesn't know either!"

"Damn it, don't you know?!" The irritable old lady couldn't bear it, and cursed directly: "Stupid rabbit, nmsl..."

The big rabbit made a fake cry: "Woooooh, little Cuicui, why are you so fierce, I really don't know~ Bunny has already told you everything you know, use your own brains Well!"

Looking at it like this, it won't say why.

At first glance, this level of the game seems to be a dead end, because you will die whether you play fast or slow.

But the answer is actually not difficult to guess. There must be something wrong with the puzzle. If you fight slowly, you will lose to the fox. If you fight fast, no, maybe you will die directly after finishing the puzzle.

And regarding the winning conditions, Ji Wuhuan has already guessed: "This game must meet two conditions to win, right?"

"First, finish the puzzle before the fox."

If you are slower than the fox, you will lose the game. If you lose three times in this game, it means the game fails. Although there is a 3-minute hunting time for the big rabbit, it is difficult to use the Rubik's Cube props when you lose three fingers. Coupled with severe pain, how many people can survive?The chances of survival are extremely low.

"Second, live."

That's right, the second condition is to survive. Big Rabbit said just now: "Pony Ma is dead, the game has failed, what a pity."

Obviously, death also equals game failure.

Correspondingly, if you want to succeed in the game, you must survive. That is to say, if you want to win this level of the game, you must meet two conditions at the same time.

Complete the puzzle before the fox without dying.

But here comes the contradiction. Just now, Ma Liang met the first condition and finished the puzzle before the fox, but died. This kind of sudden death obviously has no room for rescue, so the one who passed the test The key point is that...

"Why do you die after finishing the puzzle?"

So Ji Wuhuan asked this question just now, but Big Rabbit's non-answer confirmed this point from another angle. This is the key point of passing the level!

Although this rabbit is secretly promoting the progress of the game, it is only limited to secretly giving some seemingly insignificant hints, and it cannot directly tell the player how to pass the level.

"First of all, we need to figure out why you will die after you complete the puzzle." Ji Wuhuan has already thought of a solution: "Wei Minmin, when you start the game, ask the fox to give you 35 minutes. Don't finish all the puzzles, save one piece."

His intuition told him that the answer probably lies in the pattern of the puzzle, because there are patterns or drawings on the general puzzle box, why is there no such puzzle?

Wei Minmin had already hid behind the irascible old lady, tightly clutching the corner of her clothes, shaking uncontrollably like a frightened quail, shaking her head in horror: "No, no, I don't want to play, I don't want to play!" Playing, please, let me go, let me go!" Then he started to cry uncontrollably.

She didn't dare to imagine the fate of failure. She didn't want to die, and she didn't want to have her finger eaten. The finger whose nails were pulled out still hurts. As a young lady from a good family, where has she suffered such hardship?

Ji Wuhuan was a little helpless, although he was portrayed in the entertainment industry as Mr. Pianpian, a man of high self-cultivation who would take care of girls in particular, but in reality he was not!He sighed slightly and looked at the irascible old lady, meaning: you comfort her.

But who is the grumpy old lady?The comforting words changed completely when they reached her mouth, and she said: "Fuck, don't cry, crying is useful, can you leave the game by dodging a few times? I'm not your mother, and I can't go instead of you." , Hurry up and play the game! If you die sooner or later, you will be dead, so I'm afraid!"

This is good, when she said this, Wei Minmin became even more scared, crying out of breath, Ji Wuhuan was worried that she would choke herself to death before playing the game.

Nie Yuan was even more irritable: "It's really troublesome." In his opinion, just throw it in and it's over.

Ji Wuhuan couldn't help joking: "Hey, sweetheart, it's normal for girls to be afraid, why are you so fierce?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Nie Yuan was speechless.

This product is really a model of solitary life.

"Tsk tsk, take a look, take a look, I am willing to accept you, you should feel honored." Ji Wuhuan wagged his tail and moved closer, implying: I have already talked about this, but you Admit that you like me!

"Honour?" The man snorted coldly: "No matter how much trouble they have, you won't be bothered."

In his eyes, Ji Wuhuan is the biggest trouble in the world, no one can compare.

"...Cut!" The young man curled his lips, a little unhappy, turned around to leave, but was caught back again, turned his head and saw the fingers of the other party pulling his wrist, and immediately laughed, the two small dimples were sweet, and his eyes narrowed It became a crescent moon, with a bit of cuteness: "Little sweetheart, didn't you say that I am troublesome? Then why don't you let me go?"

"No."

"You're worried about me!"

"No."

Denies Erlian.

Nie Yuan answered very directly, but just as he withdrew his hand, Ji Wuhuan slipped away again, so he subconsciously caught him again.

In the ghostly expression of the other party smiling like a fox, the man paused for a few seconds, and for the first time felt that he...was he really worried about Ji Wuhuan's safety.

The author has something to say: Yuanyuan: I used to be a straight man with no feelings...

Pippi: mua~

Yuanyuan: bent and bent