[Infinite Stream] Destiny Rubik's Cube

Xu Chi woke up and opened his eyes.

He immediately closed his eyes again, because the light hit the retina and lens, which had been useless for a long time, and it felt like it was directly burning the optic nerve.

This feeling of regaining the light is absurd.

He must be dead.

Of course he died.

But the place is neither heaven nor hell - it's a room, a weird room with six colors.

The ceiling is white.Xu Chi turned his head slowly, the walls around were red, green, orange and blue in turn, and the ground was bright yellow.The wall, floor and ceiling are made of the same material, they are all extremely smooth glass, which can reflect people's shadows.Xu Chi raised his head and saw himself whom he had not seen for a long time.

He was wearing a blue-and-white striped hospital gown. Due to years of suffering from illnesses, his physique was a size smaller than before. His hair was long enough to cover his eyes, and his feet were bare.

It's quiet around.

It was absolute silence.

There is no soothing urban noise, no cicadas chirping and dogs barking, not even the buzzing of any electrified equipment.This is a disaster for modern people who are surrounded by various noises every day. Their ears are too clean, as if you are the only one left in the world.

But Xu Chi was very adaptable.He is used to living in peace with himself in a quiet world.

He got up, moved his numb limbs, and explored the small room.

The room is a standard cube, with only five steps in length and width, one step is shoulder-width apart, and the shoulder width is no more than half a meter. Calculated, the room is about six square meters.

No doors, no windows, not even an air hole, such a confined space that could drive a claustrophobic incontinent mad.

In the upper left corner of the room is an electronic clock with red letters on a black background.Before measuring the room, Xu Chi remembered that the second number was 7, and now it has been reduced to 6—the clock will not go back, it is counting down.

Countdown timers tend to have bad associations, such as bombs.

As soon as the associations diverged, the blood vessels in the ears suddenly accelerated and beat violently. Xu Chi took a big breath, trying to get enough oxygen for his brain to think quickly, but after two hours, he was forced to give up—the glass that made up the room was unknown. What material is it made of, it is indestructible.

It was like a desert here, there was nothing to attract his attention, so he reluctantly focused on the malicious timer.Over time, he seemed to have hallucinations, always feeling that there might be a pair of eyes hidden behind the beating red light, or a camera, diligently monitoring every move of the trapped animal in the cage.

This feeling of being spied on became more and more obvious as time went on.

72 hours, longer than a century.

In the last ten seconds of the countdown, Xu Chi walked to the corner, hugged his legs and curled up.Common sense tells him that this position and posture can prevent him from dying so ugly, but in fact this is just a psychological comfort. In the event of an explosion, even if he buries his head in his crotch, his body will be blown to pieces.

Fortunately, the heat and loud noise as imagined did not happen.

"Ding—" A crisp electronic sound similar to that of a microwave oven after completing the heating task sounded abruptly.

A huge light and shadow appeared in the middle of the room. Looking at the shape, it was a rotating third-order Rubik's cube.

what?

【Welcome to Death Cube. 】

Oh, and can talk.Xu Chi was expressionless.

[When the Rubik's Cube rotates, there is only one correct solution, but there are thousands of ways to die.Who can break the siege, who will become the skeleton under the flowers?The lucky ones who are selected, the opportunity is in front of you, how will you choose? 】

Ignoring the long line of hypocritical second-year lines, Xu Chi noticed the word "men", that is to say, are there other victims trapped?How much is it?where are they?What is the purpose of captivity?

At this time, the rotating Rubik's Cube stopped, and the original messy color blocks were integrated, showing six sides of red, orange, yellow, green, blue and white, echoing the colors of the room.

【please choose. 】

Rubik's Cube issued an order coldly.

Xu Chi stood up, not quite sure what he was asked to choose.

He stood in front of the Rubik's Cube, walked around it, and found that there was a sunken handprint on the square in the middle of each face of the Rubik's Cube.

Xu Chi looked down at his palm, then at the handprint.

【please choose. 】 Rubik's cube repeats.

Xu Chi then pressed his left hand into the groove of the fingerprint on the green side, adjusted the position, and found that it fit perfectly and the size was just right.

[Fingerprints have been collected.You chose the green recycling pod - the Duchess's new dress.Get ready, the hatch is about to open. 】

After finishing speaking, the green glass curtain wall made a muffled rattling sound, as if there was a heavy chain mechanism hidden in the wall. When the gears rotated, the chain pulled the entire wall open slowly from left to right.

[The Rubik's Cube starts.First, please pass the selected level.Second, please follow the Rubik's Cube rules.Third, the Rubik's Cube has no rules. 】

As far as the eye can see outside, there is a chaotic gray haze.

Xu Chi was silent for two seconds, then stepped out.

"Click--"

The wall closed behind him again, the smog cleared a little, and a rugged mountain road appeared under his feet.

Walking down the mountain road, surrounded by tall and dense forests, it started to rain after a while, and it developed from pattering to pouring in a blink of an eye.Without any rain gear to use, Xu Chi pulled up his soaked collar and took a mechanical step. When he counted the 440th, [-], four bad steps, he reached the edge of the forest and wiped away Under the rain on the eyelids—under the dark and drooping sky, a manor appeared in the middle of the vegetation all over the mountains and plains.

There was a fishy smell of grass, rain, and soil in the air.The majestic manor has a low-key and gloomy black exterior wall, which sucks in all the faint light around it, like a black hole in the universe.

Xu Chi's teeth trembled slightly, and he shivered, knowing that this was his destination.

The wall was made of rocks, and thick green and black vines climbed the iron gate. The gate was not locked, and it opened with a light push. Xu Chi walked into the manor.

The road paved with gravel creaked.

The rain continued unabated, and in the rain curtain directly ahead, a black shadow holding an umbrella suddenly appeared.Xu Chi paused.It just so happened that a bolt of lightning struck down, rumbling thunder exploded, the black umbrella moved up, and the afterglow of the lightning illuminated a pair of dark green eyes like jackals.

"The 24th guest, the Duchess has been waiting for you for a long time."

The corners of the man's mouth twitched and he smiled, like the facial convulsions of a hunter who was too excited when he saw a wild deer.He raised the corner of his scarlet mouth, pressed his left chest with one hand, and bowed, "I am the housekeeper, Anol, come with me, the last guest, you are late, the dinner party is about to begin."

He has a brisk tone and a shrill voice, like a lively teenage girl, which makes people feel uncomfortable.

Xu Chi relaxed the corners of his mouth, and silently followed.

It takes half an hour to walk through the huge manor, passing through the winding and complicated gardening plants, then sculptures, fountains, and finally arrive at the main building, a concave-shaped ancient castle.

The heavy door was pushed open on both sides by the servants, and Xu Chi was led to the restaurant in a wet hospital gown, dripping water all the way.

Under the complicated and bright crystal chandelier, beside the long table that stretches as far as the eye can see, the other 23 guests who are also drenched are sitting in two pairs.

The expressions of these people were highly consistent, mixed with confusion, trepidation, and fear, and the eyes staring at the food were flashing with eagerness-to count, they hadn't eaten a drop of water for three days.Those who are a little weaker may not even have the strength to raise their hands due to dehydration at this moment.

But there are exceptions.

The butler, Arnold, pulled away the last vacant chair and made a gesture of please sit down.As soon as Xu Chi took his seat, a scrutinizing gaze of at least tenth level was shot from the opposite side. He was burned, frowned, raised his eyelids, and looked at the exception.

The "exotic clothes" worn by the other party were not inferior to him in the slightest. They were gray-blue with white stripes, and there were a series of numbers and places of serving sentences on the top of the breast pocket-this was a prison uniform uniformly distributed in prisons.

He didn't fit in well with the people around him. I saw the inmate leaning leisurely on the back of the chair, resting his chin on one hand, and tapping his knuckles rhythmically on the table with the other. There was no panic in his black and white eyes, and he was too calm.

Xu Chi glanced at him and noticed that the middle of his left eyebrow was broken. That piece of brow bone should have been injured and stitched, and the injury caused the pores to cause the hair to no longer grow.

Broken eyebrows, short inches close to the scalp, and prison uniform, these factors add up to make him look tougher than handsome, and he is not good at first glance.This also explained why no one wanted to sit across from Xu Chi before he arrived.

"Hiss—why didn't even the sick ones be spared?" The other party muttered, and his sympathetic eyes fell on Xu Chi's protruding wrist bones on the table, "It's too devoid of humanitarianism."

His eyes, with deep eye sockets and thin eyelids and drooping eye tails, had their own provocative filters, and when he stared at people motionlessly, the level of provocation went up several notches.

Even the words he said seem to be insinuating that people are weak and sick.

Xu Chi took the hot towel prepared on the table to wipe off the rain on his face, lowered his eyebrows, and nodded in agreement: "You can't expect kidnappers to have too high a moral standard. After all, they don't even have to be honest and do their jobs in prison." Will be wrong."

There are thorns in the same words, and there is no downside.

Yo, it's pretty cool.

The corners of Zhou Qi's lips rose, as if his fighting spirit was gradually aroused.

Xu Chi held the towel and wiped his hands slowly, without looking at him.

The already suppressed and panicked atmosphere was mixed with some inexplicable tension, and the rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, becoming more and more restless.

Xu Chi's neighbor was a strange man with long hair in a long robe. His long hair was soaked and knotted, and his robe was covered with patches. He had a baby face that looked less than twenty, but his main body was suspected to be a middle-aged uncle who aimed for world peace.

With trembling hands, he brushed away his wet hair, revealing his pale face, and tried his best to throw an olive branch at Xu Chi: "Hello, you were also assigned by that strange Rubik's Cube hair, right? We just did a round of brief self-introduction Yes. My name is Jiang Yu, and I am a glorious wandering poet. The one who spoke to you just now is called Zhou Qi. Brother, what is your surname?"

"Xu Chi."

"Brother Xu, it's a pleasure to meet you." Jiang Yu stretched out his hand wet with hot sweat.

When going out, the men are brothers and the women are sisters.

Xu Chi glanced at it, but didn't move.

Hot face against cold ass.

After a few seconds of stalemate, Jiang Yu shyly withdrew his hand.

Zhou Qi on the opposite side let out a cold snort.

Jiang Yu doesn't mind, he is very tolerant to everyone, and still proactively shares information: "It's like this, we all woke up in a small house for no reason before, and then pressed the handprint on the green side of the Rubik's Cube. Came here. I had no choice, it was raining heavily outside, and I walked for a long time, and this is the only place where I can hide from the rain within a radius of ten miles."

Xu Chi nodded, indicating that he encountered the same situation.

"Since we are all here, we can only take a step forward and see what kind of tricks the black hand behind the scenes is trying to play by kidnapping us."

"God's mother is here, so optimistic." Someone mocked in a low voice, "I'm afraid I'm not a fool."

"Cheer up, everyone! We are destined to meet each other." Jiang Yu didn't seem to hear it, and wanted to brighten up the atmosphere, but no one responded.

Jiang Yu scratched his head, he could see that since the last guest came in, he didn't know if this person's aura was too strong or something, everyone suddenly became reserved, stopped talking, and stopped chatting .Not to mention normal people, even a man like him with a bigger heart than the sky is a little nervous when facing Xu Chi for no reason, and when he gets nervous, he uncontrollably shakes his wits: "Brother Xu, seeing that you and Brother Zhou are very close." Destined, destined to meet in the end."

"Yo." Zhou Qi tugged at the base of his ear, "How do you say that?"

"Look at what you two are wearing!" Jiang Yu is a fearless little boy after all, "Hey, it's like discussing in advance, this blue and white color match, it's quite youthful, small and fresh, very summer feeling ! Is this an inappropriate couple outfit, do you think so? Hahahahaha!"

The whole place was silent like a cemetery for an instant.

Some people covered their faces, some shook their heads, and some called a fool.

With a "click", Zhou Qi poked the fork into the wooden table.

Xu Chi cast a death stare at him: "..."

Sentence didn't work as expected.

Jiang Yu realized that he was talking again, and he was a little embarrassed, especially when the two brothers gave him the look of "you are mentally retarded", the embarrassment turned into a trace of fear.

He shrunk his neck and buried his head, and began to recite poems to relieve pressure.

Xu Chi was so annoyed that he inadvertently listened, something like "The white clouds in the sky are really white, they are really white, very white, very very very white, very very very white", or, "The furthest distance in the world is not life And death, but me standing in front of you in embarrassment, you don't have any money in your purse and you are not willing to scan a QR code..."

Xu Chi: "..."

He seems to have suddenly realized the profound meaning of the profession of wandering poet?

At this time, the butler who had disappeared for a while appeared behind him out of thin air. He coughed deliberately, and the poor ladies almost fell off their chairs in fright.

"Guests, I've been waiting for a long time." Anol stood stiffly, with a white napkin hanging in his arms, at first glance, he looked like a puppet.He parted his overly colorful lips and announced loudly, "Let us welcome the master of the manor—the noble Duchess."