When Baili Xin woke up again, it was already daybreak.
The sunlight shines into the cave, bright and brilliant.
The monster was still in a coma and showed no sign of waking up.
He woke up on a piece of fluffy fur, which was pitch black and looked very much like the fur of the monsters before.
Baili Xin stroked the soft fur with some confusion.
Was this fur here last night
Maybe, he was too tired yesterday and didn't look around carefully.
He only remembered that he was so tired that he fell asleep while soaking in the hot spring, and he had no idea how he ended up on this piece of fur.
The pajamas were dry and had a nice grassy scent.
Baili Xin stretched and stood up, feeling refreshed. He lowered his head and was about to adjust his pajamas, then he was stunned.
The second button was tied crookedly on top of the third.
After buttoning up his pajamas somewhat awkwardly, Baili Xin finally had time to look around this unique cave.
In addition to the crystals around and the hot springs on the ground, there are also many plants growing around the stone walls and the ground. They are not like ordinary weeds, but more like medicinal herbs.
Baili Xin tried to clench his fists, and the muscles that were out of control yesterday had fully recovered.
Just as Baili Xin was still looking around, he heard a humming sound behind him.
As soon as he walked in front of the monster, he saw the monster shaking its head and opening its four scarlet eyes.
When the monster saw Baili Xin, it was obviously stunned for a moment, and then it glanced and saw the fur not far away.
The monster looked at the fresh fur on the ground, then looked at Baili Xin, and suddenly his eyes rolled back and he fainted again.
Baili Xin: "..."
That's it? I wanted to eat his guts yesterday
He was not in a hurry to go down the mountain, so he sat cross-legged on the fur, supporting his chin with one hand. System, are you there
Two seconds later, an electronic voice sounded in my mind: Hello player, the auxiliary system is here to serve you wholeheartedly.
Baili Xin fiddled with the grass beside him with his fingers out of boredom and asked: What kind of game is this
The system quickly gave the answer: This is an immersive escape game that exists to fulfill the player's wishes. After completing the game, the player can use the points to redeem the items they dream of in reality. However, once returning to the real world, the player will completely forget all the memories of the game.
This game world exists in the time gap of the real world and does not affect the time and space in the real world. In this world, players think that decades have passed, but in the real world, only a few nanoseconds have passed. Players who return to the real world after their wishes are fulfilled will not feel any discomfort, and they don't even know that they have come to this world.
Baili Xin: Many people didn’t come here on their own accord.
System: This is the result of system detection. Once the system detects that someone's desire value exceeds the threshold, they will be brought into this world.
Baili Xin smiled. So, you are still a charity. What about those who are punished or die in the game world? Can they return to the real world
The system paused for two seconds: Sorry, the player entered the game world with their real body. If they die in the game, they will also die in the real world. In reality, they have never existed.
The fingertips were stained with a hint of green. Baili Xin rubbed the round tips of his thumb and index finger for a while, then put them into the hot spring to wash.
Another question, how do you count as having completed the game
System: As long as you can complete your own main storyline dungeon, you can complete the game. We have tens of thousands of game dungeons, and each person's main storyline dungeon is different, with different difficulty and quantity.
The fingers gently stroked the water surface, and ripples immediately appeared on the water surface.
Baili Xin asked casually: The personal main quest copy is not also linked to the luck value, right
System: Congratulations, the answer is completely correct. You are really smart, but there is no reward.
Blissin: …
System: Friendly reminder: You are now in the "Linging Sickbed" buff, and your force value is only 5%, which is in a weakened state. If you want to view the character panel, click the attribute button in the lower right corner.
Baili Xin's fingertips that were moving the water paused for a moment, and he noticed a row of blue buttons in the lower right corner of his sight.
They are [Friends], [Attributes], [Tasks], [Rankings], [Backpack] and [Points Mall].
He focused his attention on [Attributes] and clicked lightly, and a translucent blue attribute box appeared in front of him.
Player Name: Baili Xin
Force: ? ? (Test failed, sickbed buff is in effect, force value is reduced by 95%)
Intelligence: ? ? (Test failed)
Luck: f- (the most unlucky person in the universe)
Aura: ? ? (Detection failed)
Skills: None
Title: God of Mold (only one)
Points: 150 points (universal game currency)
Ranking: Not listed
Baili Xin: "..."
What else can you see from this panel besides seeing that you are the king of the unlucky ones
After closing the panel, Baili Xin opened [Friends] again.
Number of friends: 0/0 (No friends at all, add friends quickly to keep yourself away from social phobia!)
It seems that players who participate in the game together will not be added as friends directly, but need to apply for approval.
After closing [Friends], Baili Xin opened the [Task] bar again.
A blue dialog box pops up immediately.
[Bride of the River God] trial copy, 25 people participated in the game, and currently 15 people are alive.
Mission: Survive for 72 hours. (Progress 20:12:14/72:00:00)
Additional task: Find the truth about the river god's curse. (Progress 0/100%)
In addition to these two tasks, there is a line of small text at the bottom of the dialog box.
Personal main line copy completion rate: 0/100%.
Judging from the completion mission, 20 hours have passed in this copy.
Baili Xin was suddenly stunned and turned his attention back to the clearance mission.
He probably only did parkour for an hour yesterday, which means he slept for nearly 20 hours.
Baili laughed hard. Except when he was with his lover, he rarely slept for such a long time. It seemed that he was really exhausted last night.
Baili Xin silently closed [Task] and clicked on [Ranking].
A blue dialog box popped up, with a total of 1,000 people lined up from top to bottom.
There is a note below the leaderboard: [This leaderboard is ranked according to player performance.]
The name of the first place winner is blocked, but it does not hinder his awesome existence.
His total performance score reached nine figures, crushing the second place with an absolute advantage.
At the bottom of the blue dialog box is Baili Xin’s performance score.
[Performance score: 0, not on the list.]
After closing the [Ranking List], Baili Xin opened the [Points Mall].
At this moment, the buttons in the [Points Mall] are all dark, with a line of small words at the top.
[In the copy game, you cannot purchase game props.]
Baili Xin roughly flipped through the items in the points mall. Almost everything you can think of can be found here.
As small as a match, as large as an aircraft carrier or an aircraft.
Baili Xin glanced around the mall and his eyes stopped at the clothing section.
Just as he was thinking about what clothes to change into when he went out, the fingertips that had been in his hand seemed to be hooked by something.
Baili Xin pulled his thoughts back and looked into the spring.
The spring water is so clear that you can see the bottom. As far as the eye can see, there are only smooth stone walls besides ripples.
He stretched out his fingers in confusion, and gently twisted them with his white and round fingertips. The fingertips felt clear and there was nothing there.
Baili Xin stood up and did not stay here any longer. He dragged the unconscious monster out and walked out of the cave.
The bright sunlight shines down, dotted with mottled reflections on the ground. The breeze brushes across my cheeks, very comfortable, and the leaves rustle along with it.
The forest that was a nightmare last night is now filled with the sound of birds singing during the day.
Suddenly, Baili Xin heard a painful wail.
He turned around and saw that thick smoke began to come out of the monster that was so powerful yesterday. The smoke was coming out from nowhere but the place where the sun was shining.
The monster, awakened by the burning pain, rolled on the ground. It howled in pain twice and crawled desperately towards the outside of the cave.
But before it could crawl out two steps, its body quickly twisted and deformed, and with a "puff" sound, the two-meter-five-meter-tall monster turned into a pool of blood in an instant.
Baili Xin pursed her lips.
This monster seems to be called Red Spider.
It seems that red spiders can only move at night, and sunlight is their natural enemy.
There were 25 players yesterday, but after a night of slaughter, there are only 15 left today, and 10 of them are dead.
This is the first level set for them in the trial game, or more accurately, the first elimination point.
Since there is a first one, there should be a second one. It doesn’t look like it will be easy to survive 72 hours.
While Baili Xin was thinking, he had already walked down the woods and saw two men washing clothes in the river in front of him.
The two men looked to be in their forties. He had never seen them among the players before. They should be two villager NPCs.
Both men were wearing ragged clothes, and the clothes they were washing were also tattered.
There seemed to be something floating in the river. Baili Xin walked closer and took a look, and his chest suddenly shrank.
It was a mass of dead bodies.
A body that looked unrecognizable as a human was wrapped in torn clothes and drifted slowly upstream.
Normal people would just scream "horrible" when seeing this scene, but those two men seemed to have gotten used to it.
Their limbs were stiff as they rubbed the clothes in their hands, their pale faces were numb and without any expression.
A finger was swept into the hand of one of the men by the current. The man picked it up, looked at it suspiciously, and threw it into the water without blinking.
Baili Xin went up the bridge and looked at them from afar, feeling a little uncomfortable.
But until he got off the bridge, he couldn't tell where this feeling of disobedience came from.
When he entered the village and saw villagers and NPCs passing by in twos and threes, he finally realized what the sense of disobedience that had arisen just now was.
From just now till now, he has not seen any female villagers.
The villagers and NPCs coming and going walked in very stiff steps, and even under the scorching sun, all of them had no blood on their faces, as pale as paper.
Baili Xin found the safe house according to the system's instructions yesterday. When he saw clearly what the safe house was, he was stunned.
A white cloth strip was torn from the dark door frame, with a plaque with black characters hanging on it.
Charity cemetery.
Baili Xin's mouth twitched.
I don’t know what the expressions were on the faces of those people who rushed over with hope yesterday, but saw these two words. What kind of evil taste is this game
The door of the charity cemetery was ajar. Baili Xin pushed it gently and the door made an old creaking sound.
Baili Xin stepped into the charity cemetery.
"Are you looking for someone?"
A hoarse voice suddenly sounded.
Baili Xin turned around and saw an old woman standing behind the door.
The old woman was wearing a black linen dress. She had a hunched back and there was almost no white in her eyes.
His dark eyes stared straight at Baili Xin and asked again: "Or are you identifying the body?"
Baili Xin swallowed and asked, "Did anyone come here last night?"
Old woman: "Horizontal or vertical?"
Baili Xin: "Uh, vertical."
Old woman: “Yes, there are a few.”
Prisin: "Where are they now?"
The old woman pointed to the coffins all over the yard and said, "Look, they are all here. Find them yourself. Everyone finds their own way."
"I'm going to look for you too, my precious child, my precious child, where are you? Mommy is here to look for you, don't play hide-and-seek with Mommy, come out quickly."
The old woman ignored Baili Xin and walked around the charity cemetery with her head down.
Baili Xin's heart moved slightly, and he walked up to the old woman and said, "Old woman, do you know the curse of the river god?"
The old woman suddenly raised her head, staring at Baili Xin with her dark eyes, "The river god's curse? Of course I know. Three years to sacrifice a bride. Otherwise, there will be a flood."
Baili Xin: "Then do you know why there is a curse from the river god?"
The old woman raised her head and a smile appeared on her wrinkled face. "Why? Because the River God Village did something wrong, and the gods only punish those who are wrong. They are guilty of heinous crimes, and they must die, all of them."
A cool breeze blew by, lifting the old woman's hair on her forehead, revealing a deep scar.
Baili Xin asked: "What did they do wrong?"
The old woman's expression was dazed for a moment, and the next moment her eyes suddenly became empty. The old woman no longer paid attention to Baili Xin, turned around and muttered to herself, "Baoer, my Baoer, don't scare your mother, go home and eat."
Ding! Congratulations to the player for finding the clue to the truth behind the river god's curse. Progress is 2%/100%.
Just as Baili Xin was about to continue asking questions, a surprised voice suddenly came from behind him: "Brother Xin!"
Baili Xin turned around and saw Xia Chi, whose luck value was A, standing on the dirt road not far away, looking at him with surprise, "Great, you're still alive!"
The “500% force value” on the top of the head is bright and dazzling.
Baili Xin turned his head to look at the charity cemetery, but the old woman was nowhere to be seen.
"I couldn't get down last night, so I found a cave in the mountains to spend the night. Are you all okay?"
Xia Chi nodded vigorously: "We are all fine, everyone is nearby."
Baili Xin: "Then let's talk while we walk."
Having come down 20 hours in advance, Xia Chi was already very familiar with the village. He led Baili Xin through the village with ease, his expression somewhat solemn: "Brother, 10 people died last night."
Baili Xin pursed her lips: "I know."
Xia Chi: "We are all fine. We were lucky. Liang Xi, Zhou Guang and Li Cancan were being chased by a monster. When they were about to be caught up, the monster seemed to be called away by its companions. Not only us, but all the monsters left. You heard that voice at that time, right?"
Baili Xin: “I heard it.”
Or surround sound.
Xia Chi: "We thought everything would be fine once we got to the safe house, but something happened to Li Cancan right after we got down."
"She started to have a high fever as soon as she came down, and then she fell into a coma. The other two female players were in the same situation. Now everyone can only keep these three female players in the house temporarily."
"Liang Xi was also lucky. He drew the character [Doctor] and obtained the doctor's exclusive skill [Healing]. His healing skill is very useful. It can not only heal our minor injuries, but also restore our physical strength. However, Liang Xi's healing skill has no effect on Li Cancan."
"Later, Liang Xi met an old woman who told her that there was a kind of herb on the mountain that could cure their high fever."
"Everyone is arguing about whether to go up the mountain to collect herbs. I saw that there would be no results in a short time, so I came to take a look. Maybe I could run into you."
"Also, we found that there is no female in this village except for that old woman. She is the only female NPC in the village, so she must be different!"
Baili Xin thought of the 2% just now, "So what did you find out?"
Xia Chi shook his head: "Her personality is crazy. She will look for Baoer when the critical moment comes."
Baili Xin remembered that the old woman was indeed looking for "Bao'er" and said thoughtfully, "It seems that I have to help her find Bao'er's whereabouts first."
Baili Xin was somewhat curious about what Xia Chi, whose luck value was A, had drawn: "Xia Chi, what character did you draw?"
Xia Chi paused for a moment and said, "Most of us drew the role of [Villager]. I was just a little luckier and my combat power increased a lot."
Xia Chi suddenly shut up.
Above the two people’s heads, “500%+” and “95%-” are neatly lined up.
It clearly said nothing, but it seemed to say everything.
…
On the barrage of the live broadcast room.
Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Baili baby is so miserable. Is this the charm of f—
Baili Xin: The only unlucky god in the whole game, so of course he has to be extraordinary.
Comrades, who among you has cleared this trial game? What is the truth behind the additional question, the river god's curse? Spoiler please.
This is what I got in the trial that year. There are additional questions, and I was lucky enough to survive.
How did you survive? I still don't know how to answer this question.
Yes, I’m curious too. Tell us about it.
There is nothing much to say. This problem can be solved as long as you are willing to sacrifice your teammates to survive.
… I think I know the solution to this problem.
I know that too.
Maybe there is another way.
If I knew now that there was another way, it would only be more painful.
The live broadcast room was suddenly filled with a solemn atmosphere.
Sacrifice, sacrifice.
The title tells you that as long as the sacrifice is completed, the curse will not come true.
Saving the lives of these three female players is actually saving the lives of other players.
But what kind of torment would it be to watch the person you just saved being pushed into the abyss of death by you
About a few seconds later, that barrage sent another message.
At that time... the female player who was sacrificed drew [Saint].