Yu Tang was in no hurry to leave the cave.
Before being forced into the game, Feng Qing's body had not had time to adjust. Taking advantage of the rain, he needed to rest as soon as possible and replenish his consumed mental energy to the maximum extent.
There was thunder rumbling outside the cave and the rain was getting heavier. There was probably no chance of it stopping tonight.
Yu Tang flipped through his sea of consciousness.
After all, the game was still being broadcast live to the public, so Yu Tang didn't plan to be too arrogant. He just grabbed a handful of particles, acted a little, and clapped his hands in the air.
The high-tech smart cloud-sensing mattress fell out of the sea of consciousness.
"Does the host need a nap?" the system said, "I can help keep watch and wake the host up if there is any movement..."
Yu Tang shook his head: "No hurry."
The system was stunned: "What is the host going to do?"
Yu Tang opened a milk-flavored lollipop.
He turned on the broadcast function and projected the entire image on the virtual screen into his sea of consciousness, showing the current number of survivors and real-time messages.
The total number of players entering this round of the game is 239, and nearly half of them were reduced after just one start.
There have been quite a few complaints in the comment section.
[What happened to this episode? Why is the start so difficult? ? ]
[Is it difficult? The cards are issued quickly and the price is low. I have already bought several of them.]
[You are here to wait for the card, of course. I am here to place a bet, I placed three bets, and all of them were lost in the no-parachute airdrop just now.]
[Me too, I bet on that A-level mind-reading skill, thinking I could make some money... What bad luck.]
[The background setting of this episode is too unfair. It's thrown directly from the sky. Isn't this obviously biased towards physical abilities?]
[In the past, there was a supernatural background, and physical abilities were also useless. It was just for the card rate. Just get used to it.]
…
The system couldn't continue and whispered: "Host..."
Yu Tang asked: "Do you feel weird?"
The system was stunned: "What?"
Yu Tang: "Logically, these people come here to seek excitement and enjoy watching their own kind kill each other."
Although it is inevitable that there will be some stereotypes when inferring the composition of the so-called "audience" based on the nature of the game, it is generally pretty close.
—Logically, the comment section should be much more intense and chaotic than it is now.
At the beginning, people were thrown down from the sky, and below them were cliffs and jungles in the dark night and rain. Many psychics had no time to take any countermeasures.
Once a player dies, the bet placed on the player will belong to the dealer of the game.
The psychology-related psychic ability had always had an advantage in the market, and the number of people betting was far greater than his. In this opening game, many people inevitably lost all their money.
The game does not prohibit blocking any messages, but the number of complaints is far less than Yu Tang expected, and more people are focusing on the "cards".
"I was careless." Yu Tang pressed his forehead, "I misjudged one thing."
The system was instantly nervous: "What's the matter?"
Yu Tang: "The terminal is so shameless."
system:"… "
Yu Tang took two bites of the lollipop, then he called up the specific settings for the superpowers and read them carefully from beginning to end.
With the support of these companies, the scale of experimental subjects that have successfully mutated is currently sufficient to summarize the complete levels and types.
Superpowers are divided into two categories: physical superpowers and psychological superpowers.
Physical abilities are those that can cause changes at the physical level.
Some people can absorb and manipulate high-voltage electric currents, some can make fireballs with their bare hands, and some can turn water into ice.
Some changes also occur in the psychic themselves, such as stronger physical fitness and faster self-healing than ordinary people. Some psychics can even transform part of their body to achieve the desired purpose.
According to the information revealed in the message, a mutant in area F5 had his spine pulled out and turned into bone wings in order to survive.
These superpowers are indeed powerful, but as long as you are familiar with the characteristics of the abilities, you can always slowly sum up ways to deal with them.
In comparison, the psychological abilities are more difficult to deal with.
According to the market odds rankings, most of the most popular psychics are from the psychology department.
Hypnosis, hallucination, and precognitive abilities are all at the forefront. The A-level mind-reading psychic who died unexpectedly before has successfully survived three rounds of the game and is the first on the first round's points list.
The system asked: "Host, according to this method, does Feng Qing also count as a physical ability?"
Yu Tang nodded: "Yes."
On Feng Qing’s registration card, the assessment result in the supernatural power column was a B-level supernatural power in the physics department.
B-level abilities are neither high nor low, and are not very noticeable when compared to A-level and S-level abilities. They are also physical abilities that are easy to find weaknesses to counter. If Feng Qing was not a player selected by Zhong San's company, no one would even care about it.
Viewers who watch the live broadcast will choose areas of interest and sufficiently strong psychics. The a9 area where he is currently located ranks only in the middle and lower reaches in terms of the number of viewers.
Yu Tang flipped through the information: "What is the basis for rating supernatural powers?"
The system searched for keywords and was a little surprised: "No... We didn't get any relevant information."
Yu Tang nodded.
If the plot does not reveal relevant information, it means that from Feng Qing's perspective, he himself does not know how the so-called supernatural levels are divided.
He was just bought by Zhong San and kept in the villa. He only knew that he could analyze the things in front of him into particles and reassemble them like 3D models.
Zhong San told Feng Qing that as long as Feng Qing agreed to participate in a game and survive in the game, he would be rewarded highly.
… This answer is not surprising.
Yu Tang raised his right hand, and a piece of stone was broken down into particles by him, which were then reassembled into a sharp cone, which was suspended in his palm under the control of his mental power.
Zhong San did not have anyone train No. 13 to use his superpowers, as he was afraid of "No. 13" who only had B-level superpowers.
The electronic shackles only played a small part in the reason why No. 13 was locked in the villa. The main reason was that Feng Qing didn't want to run away, nor did he want to use his supernatural powers to hurt anyone.
Feng Qing can analyze and reorganize the particles of a chair to make a little wooden man who sits on the windowsill and talks to him.
If Feng Qing wanted, he could also use any particles to form a sharp blade and pierce Zhong San's throat at any time.
…
Yu Tang waved away the particles in his palm.
He broke the lollipop into pieces, chewed it into powdered sugar, swallowed it bit by bit, and turned off the light screen in his sea of consciousness.
The system turned on eighteen surveillance cameras in all directions, keeping a close eye on all movements outside the cave.
Yu Tang wrapped himself in his coat, lay down on the mattress, and buried himself in the warm blanket.
The heavy rain continued until the next morning.
After a good sleep, Yu Tang was fully refreshed. He stood up, stretched, put out the fire and left the cave.
Even though it was already morning, there was no sun at all. The rain had stopped temporarily, but the sky outside the cave was still covered with gloomy clouds that seemed ready to fall at any time.
The morning breeze is cool and the air is fresh.
Outside the cave was a forest. The layers of leaves were unusually green, and the flowing mist was also dyed with a faint vitality.
The system watched all night and didn't find anyone approaching. It flashed a small red light in the sea of consciousness: "Host, host, can't we hide here forever?"
Yu Tang asked, "What's the plot?"
The system was stunned for a moment: "Feng Qing survived this game... The specific plot is not here."
This book is a biographical novel with Zhong San as the only protagonist, and the perspective will change with Zhong San's actions.
As in the previous books, as supporting characters and tools, the space they occupy in the book is very limited, and every detail will not be written out specifically.
"I understand the rules of the game," Yu Tang said. "The rules say that the player's survival area will continue to shrink."
There are many games stored in the system's database. According to the traditional battle royale game mode, it is nothing more than shrinking the "poison circle".
A continuously shrinking safety zone is set. As long as you are outside the safety zone, your life standard will continue to decline, and you must enter the safety zone as quickly as possible in a short period of time.
This pattern will continue to drive players into smaller areas until there is no escape and they have to engage in a firefight.
If it were just this mode, they would just have to hide here until the safe zone appeared, and then rush there as quickly as possible on their big red motorcycles.
The system is puzzled: "What's the problem?"
Yu Tang: “Too simple.”
The intention of the game is obvious, which is to constantly force the psychics to evolve between life and death, and to select the strongest ones to fill the high-level card pool.
If it were just this kind of shrinking poison circle mode, a psychic who was good at hiding and teleporting could even easily survive to the end.
The more advanced the game is, the more difficult it will be. It is impossible for them to set such a simple background.
"Senior Zhan, help me." Yu Tang said, "In a completely unfamiliar environment, where we are unsure of the type of crisis, the most important thing is to keep moving."
Yu Tang parked his motorcycle in a cave last night to avoid the rain. He identified the tree below, pushed aside the branches and walked out: "We can first take a look at the surrounding environment and find something to eat-"
His words suddenly stopped midway.
The system was stunned: "Host?"
The system turned on monitoring and saw the situation outside clearly. It was horrified: "What is going on?!"
Yu Tang shook his head and walked away slowly.
There were no psychics nearby, nor were there any NPCs lying in ambush to attack them.
The motorcycle was still parked at the bottom of the cave, very hidden, so hidden that it was almost completely integrated with the cliff.
—It means they have become one.
The stone wall "ate" the motorcycle.
The handlebars, seat, tires, fuel tank, every part still had its original shape, but had turned into hard, cold stone.
Yu Tang stood in front of the motorcycle that had turned into a stone statue. He paused for two seconds, then turned around and ran quickly into the cave.
The system was startled: "Host? What happened—"
Yu Tang rushed into the cave.
The smart mattress he took out from his sea of consciousness was also turning into stone, and the inorganic gray color was still visibly spreading.
Yu Tang rushed over quickly and stretched out his hand to grab it.
"Host!" The system was startled and issued a warning, "No! The host will turn into stone together..."
Yu Tang's hand just stopped.
In a second, the mattress and the thin blanket turned into hard rock.
The system was still terrified: "Host, what's going on? We—"
“Our living space is shrinking.”
Yu Tang: "In the first round, as long as you are exposed to the same environment for a long time and continuously, you will be assimilated into this environment."
If you continue to come into contact with stone walls and caves, you will turn into stone.
If you continue to be in contact with the jungle, you will be assimilated into the forest.
…
Virtual screens emerged from the clouds.
Nine more new psychics were transformed into cards, and the comment section exploded unusually.
[What happened? Is the live broadcast room malfunctioning? ? ]
[Not a malfunction...]
[A person turned into stone? Is that even possible? What kind of death is this? ? ]
[Come to the auction house, my A-level enhanced ability has turned into a part of a tree, but it’s not complete yet.]
[? ? ? ]
[Is this round so difficult? It’s getting more and more exciting!]
[Can you give me an advance warning of the death painting? I have kids at home. If they come to pick a skill card they like before school starts, who will be responsible if they get scared?!]
On the virtual screen, the player's death scene was shown indifferently.
Players hiding in caves or under cliffs, resting against stone walls, have turned into inorganic gray stone sculptures in their sleep.
In the woods, the A-level enhanced psychic was just hiding in the treetops. When he was noticed, half of his body had already turned into wood.
The wood grain climbed up his body inch by inch.
The A-level body strengthening ability was enough to shatter the strongest alloy shield. The A-level ability user was desperate, gritted his teeth, and punched the strange birch tree that was devouring him.
The trunk of the tree collapsed, but his body also shattered along with the tree, turning into a translucent skill card.
…
Yu Tang walked through the woods.
The rain, which had just stopped in the morning, was now pouring down again.
He bought a new motorcycle. The rain particles were constantly analyzed and reorganized, turning into a thin transparent raincoat that covered him and the motorcycle completely.
Yu Tang asked the system in his sea of consciousness: "Have the background settings been issued?"
"It's been sent!" The system read it for him, "This is a world that does not welcome outsiders."
System: "Both players and their items are 'heresy' to this world."
This world will assimilate all heretics.
"The longest safe time for continuous contact with the same environmental object is one hour.
System: "Once in contact for more than an hour, it will be assimilated into the environment."
This "continuous contact" means "continuous" and "contact" in the literal sense.
—In other words, if a person stands still with both feet on the same piece of soil for an hour, they will be assimilated into the earth.
But if this person keeps moving forward, and each step he takes is on different soil, then he is safe.
If a person lurks in a tree and stays there for an hour, he will be assimilated into a part of the tree.
But if you immediately change to another tree at fifty-nine minutes, there will be no problem.
The communicator in Yu Tang's pocket buzzed quietly, and new game rules were issued and sent to every player's communication terminal.
Yu Tang channeled the information into his sea of consciousness, focused his attention, and read it quickly.
The game provides 7 temporary safe points. As long as players reach these safe points, they will not be affected by this "assimilation".
Every 13 hours, one of the existing safe spots will randomly disappear.
The system has calculated the shortest route and marked it on the map: "The nearest one is in area B8. It takes about ten minutes to get there by motorcycle!"
Yu Tang glanced at the map: "How long has it been raining?"
The system was stunned.
He didn't know why the host suddenly asked this, so he dragged the progress bar forward and carefully checked the surveillance: "The rain stopped around eight o'clock this morning, and it started raining again at nine-seventeen. It is now fifty-six o'clock."
Yu Tang turned the car around according to the map. He stepped on the accelerator and said to the system: "I have an idea..."
He didn't finish his words.
… The next second, the rain around him suddenly turned into a huge water ball.
The water ball closed, swallowing him and his car whole, and suspended them in mid-air.
Two people came out from under the tree.
The system was startled: "Host!"
"It doesn't matter." Yu Tang said, "Do you have any information about these two people?"
The system managed to calm down: "... Yes, No. 2 and No. 6 are old players. They have always been partners."
No. 2 is a B-level mutant with the characteristic of concealment. He can completely hide the aura of himself and his companions, and even the most sophisticated detection equipment cannot detect it.
No. 6 is an A-level mutant whose superpower is water control.
In such a heavy rain, being able to control water is almost like using the biggest cheat.
"Little brother." No. 2 was a tall and thin young man, most of his face was hidden in the hoodie. He pushed his glasses and said, "I'm sorry to stop you. You should know what we want..."
Yu Tang was trapped in the water dungeon, and he entered Feng Qing's role without leaving a trace: "You... want my motorcycle?"
No. 2 nodded: "It can't be helped."
The distance from here to the safe point is not very close, and it is on a first-come, first-served basis. Fierce battles will definitely break out for the safe point.
Not every psychic can teleport or speed up, but if you have a means of transportation, you can grab the nearest safe spot before others. If you ambush in advance, you can deal with more psychics.
The game can only end if the number of survivors is reduced to less than ten as soon as possible.
Yu Tang asked: "If I kill you, can you let me live?"
Number 2 laughed and said, "Of course."
Yu Tang let go of his hand.
The water ball burst with a loud noise, and a hole was created. The motorcycle fell to the ground, and No. 6 caught it with his hand.
No. 6 grabbed the handlebars and tried it, then nodded to No. 2.
No. 2 came over, looked carefully, and frowned slightly.
… They didn’t kill anyone or steal the motorcycle, but temporarily saved No. 13’s life because they thought the motorcycle was related to his supernatural powers. They were worried that if No. 13 died, the motorcycle would disappear with him.
But now it seems like a very ordinary motorcycle.
No. 2 and No. 6 looked at each other, and no one spoke.
"The car has already left you." Yu Tang said, "You can let me go and go to take shelter from the rain first—"
He was only halfway through his words when he was forcibly interrupted.
No. 6 ignored him, walked towards the motorcycle that No. 2 was holding, and shook hands with one hand.
The uncontrolled water instantly poured into Yu Tang's mouth and nose.
The pressure in the water ball suddenly increased, as if the actual pressure was constantly condensing. Yu Tang's body had begun to deform under the huge water pressure.
"Let's go," said No. 6. "Don't waste time."
No. 2 nodded. He was about to get on the motorcycle, but suddenly he froze.
… He didn’t find his legs.
Half of his body had become transparent, and if he moved a little, his entire body would fall apart with a loud noise.
No. 6's pupils contracted instantly.
He pounced forward, but only caught the cold rain.
The water ball instantly dissipated around him.
No. 6 suddenly realized something and stood up abruptly.
Yu Tang fell to the ground, and the rain was constantly dissociated and reorganized around his body, forming a thin film that isolated the water vapor.
"What happened?!" No. 6 asked sharply, "Your ability is not to summon objects... What is it? What did you do to him?!"
"I didn't do anything." Yu Tang said, "You'd better get out of the rain."
No. 6's face turned pale. He raised his hand and tried to control the rain to attack Yu Tang.
He couldn't find shelter from the rain.
He was too familiar with rain. The water was like his own body. He could control it at will, change it into any shape, and take anyone's life.
Number 6's eyes widened in horror.
His body also turned into the most familiar rain, falling silently to the ground.
…
If you continue to come into contact with the same environmental objects for more than one hour, you will be assimilated into the environment.
The system breathed a sigh of relief, but still couldn't help wondering: "How can rain also be counted?"
Since a person keeps walking, it can be determined that he is not in contact with the same piece of soil. As long as he keeps moving, he should be in contact with rain in different areas.
But those people were assimilated and turned into puddles in the ground.
The system said: "We are always moving, and we are not touching the same drop of rain..."
Yu Tang: "It's the same cloud."
The system was stunned.
Yu Tang noticed the thick, gloomy clouds above his head.
When they entered this world, they passed through a cumulonimbus cloud.
All the rain now comes from this cumulonimbus cloud.
Yu Tang walked over and picked up the motorcycle that had fallen in the rain.
… This is also Zhan Chen’s business.
When he first learned that humans would die, he was worried about Zhan Chen and wanted to know how many hundreds of years Zhan Chen could live.
Zhan Chen was enduring the punishment from the implanted program and fell forward in front of the desk with laughter.
Zhan Chen reached out his hand, touched the small ball of light that was trying hard to type Morse code, and asked him if he had seen the cloud.
Zhan Chen patiently explained to him that when clouds die, they will turn into rain, and when rain turns into water vapor, it will turn into clouds again.
Zhan Chen said that he would be like this cloud. He might die, but no matter how many times, he would find a way to come back and give Xiao Guangtuan his favorite blanket.
"I have an idea."
Yu Tang: "Can you help me try it? Please ask the person in charge of the mall to send a message."
Yu Tang: "I lost my blanket... If possible, I would like to buy one that the store manager can personally deliver."
The system was stunned.
… It suddenly remembered Yu Tang rushing into the cave, desperately trying to snatch things from the petrified mattress.
The small blanket was from the book in which Yu Tang was an assistant. When he chose to call the police in response to threats from Ke Ming and his agent, the police officer who responded to the call helped him sit down and carefully put it on him.
The system discovered during surveillance that for some reason, the police officer's eyesight was blurry.
It was unclear who he was in the surveillance video. All we could see was that he moved slowly and carefully as he placed the blanket around Yu Tang's body, then squatted down to help tidy it up bit by bit.
That blanket is warm.
The system whispered: "Host..."
"If you can, please come sooner," Yu Tang said, "I'll make the bed in advance."