Baili Xin and Xia Chi walked into the cave, and as expected, the monsters did not follow them in.
Baili Xin had been here once, and even though it was pitch black around him, he could easily cross the obstacles and puddles according to his memory.
The friend in the lower right corner of your sight started jumping.
Baili Xin opened it and found that it was a message from Liang Xi.
Liang Xi: Are you all right?! I just saw the sun set! It's only been 22 hours and 30 minutes. The time here is different from ours.
Baili Xin: We are fine for now, we have found the cave. How is Li Cancan
Liang Xi paused for a few seconds: Their condition is still stable.
Baili Xin: Let's find a way to get back as soon as possible.
Liang Xi: Okay, be safe.
Xia Chi followed behind, stumbling and not daring to breathe, "Brother, I've seen Animal World."
Baili Xin glanced back in the darkness. "Your habit of speaking half of your sentences every time, is this something you learned from the animal world?"
Xia Chi stumbled for a moment, and quickly continued, "I've seen the animal world, where the strong prey on the weak. Animals won't give up prey for no reason, unless there's an animal above the hunter in the food chain next to the prey."
In the darkness, Xia Chi could be heard swallowing. "These monsters don't dare to come in. Are there more dangerous monsters in there?!"
As Xia Chi spoke, her voice started to sob.
Just out of the wolf's den, into the tiger's mouth.
So miserable.
Baili Xin stopped walking. In the darkness, his voice was a little low. "I slept here last night."
Xia Chi: "Then what? Did anything happen?"
Baili Xin: "I also took a comfortable hot spring bath in it. I slept for 20 hours and felt refreshed."
Xia Chi: "Brother, what do you want to say?"
Baili Xin: "What I want to say is that no matter if there is another powerful being here, first of all, the other party has no intention of hurting us for the time being. When we are afraid of something, we are not afraid of the other party's strength, but we are afraid of whether the other party has malicious intentions towards us."
"Isn't Sun Dasheng powerful enough? Are you afraid of him?"
Xia Chi was stunned for a moment: "I'm not afraid of that, I specialize in hunting man-eating goblins."
"That's it," Baili Xin pointed forward, but then he remembered that Xia Chi couldn't see him, so he put his hand down and just described it verbally, "There's a hot spring inside."
The two walked for a few more minutes before a bright light appeared in front of them.
Xia Chi's reaction was even more exaggerated than his yesterday. As soon as he saw the hot spring, he rushed over, rolled up his sleeves and put his arms in.
Baili Xin was about to pick herbs, but before he could bend down, Xia Chi beside him cried out in pain and pulled his arm out of the water as if to escape.
“I’m freezing!”
Xia Chi's arms were shaking from the cold. "This isn't a hot spring at all. This is a cold pond, brother."
His teeth were chattering as he spoke, and his arms, which were in the water, had turned white from the cold.
Baili Xin stretched out his hand in confusion to test the water temperature. It was warm, comfortable and cozy.
It’s still the hot spring from yesterday.
Does the water temperature feel different to each person? Then this is not ordinary water, perhaps it is prop water with some special ability.
Those red spider monsters are afraid of this cave. Is it because of the water
Baili Xin scooped up a handful of water, and the water stayed steadily in the palm of his hand, dripping a few drops from between his fingers.
The red spider is afraid of sunlight, which is consistent with the setting of vampires and zombies. So, could this water be the "holy water" setting that suppresses the red spider
Baili Xin couldn't help but mutter, "Why don't we pour this handful of water on the red spider to see what the effect is?"
The water in his hand shook twice, and the flow rate increased. Soon it slipped through his fingers and fell into the hot spring.
"Xia Chi, did you get the container of water?"
Xia Chi was still shaking. He flipped through his backpack and shook his head tremblingly, "No, brother."
Baili Xin looked at the spring with regret and began to search the grass.
Soon, he found the herbs Liang Xi wanted.
The herbs are fresh, with full branches and leaves, and water droplets dotted on the leaves.
Baili Xin's movements were very gentle. He carefully picked a few herbs and put them into Xia Chi's messenger bag.
Xia Chi had recovered. He put on his sweater tremblingly and walked outside. "Brother, wait here. I'll go to the cave entrance to check the situation first."
Although Xia Chi was timid, he still had the responsibility he should have. Baili Xin found that there were several times when Xia Chi was scared to death, but he still insisted on standing in front of him. It was once when he led the monster away yesterday, it was once when he went up the mountain this time, and even now when he went to investigate the situation.
The blacksmith captain's initial analysis this afternoon may have been correct, but all his reasoning was based on the premise that there are 24 hours in a day.
Now, every day is 22.5 hours. This world has deleted the 1.5 hours when the sun sets in the afternoon, and the surrounding scene quickly transitions from afternoon to evening.
This means that at the 71st hour, it is already dark.
If you still want to go up the mountain to avoid the flood, you have to eliminate the threat from monsters.
Besides, he didn't think that going up the mountain to avoid the flood was the right answer. Since even the time of the sun and moon in this dungeon could be different from the real world, why should the flood come according to the real world? Would it only flood the village? Maybe the floods just came from the sky all at once? This game shouldn't let them exploit the flood loophole.
In fact, from the very beginning, the game title gave them a hint that they just had to complete the sacrifice to the river god.
That means sacrificing players, or even teammates.
This is a malicious topic.
The total points of 5,000 will be distributed according to work, and of course the fewer people who survive in the end, the better.
Although attacking players is prohibited in the title, it does not prevent players from watching others in danger.
If you think more maliciously, this game will slowly destroy humanity bit by bit.
Even if you survive in the end, when you look back on it all, you won't be sure whether the victory belongs to you or to the game itself.
While Baili Xin was thinking, a cloud of water vapor rose silently from the water surface and enveloped his body.
The private chat box rang, Baili Xin opened it, it was Xia Chi.
Xia Chi: Brother, those monsters are still outside, looking like they are waiting for the buffet to start. What should we do
Baili Xin: Wait for me at the entrance of the cave, I'll be there soon.
Five minutes later, Baili Xin arrived at the cave entrance, with the monster's fur still draped behind him.
Under the glow of the scarlet moonlight, he could vaguely see four or five monsters lurking behind a tree a few meters away. Those monsters were staring at the cave entrance with eager eyes, but did not dare to take another step forward.
Once they leave the cave, these monsters will bite them mercilessly.
But Li Cancan at the foot of the mountain can no longer wait until tomorrow.
Baili Xin observed the surroundings and stuffed the herb into Xia Chi's hand. "I'll go and lead them away first. When these monsters are far away, you hurry down the mountain. Li Cancan is still waiting for this herb."
Xia Chi hesitated a little, "Brother, are you okay?"
Baili Xin has already walked out of the cave.
His legs were long and straight, his forehead was slightly raised, and there were stars twinkling in his eyes. "I know how to get rid of them. When you get down the mountain, send me a private message and I will find a way to get down the mountain."
Before Xia Chi could say anything else, Baili Xin had already taken a few steps forward.
Xia Chi stared at the herbs in his hand, his eyes red. His teeth were creaking from biting them, and the hand that was not holding the herbs had turned white from being clenched.
There was a crisp "crunch" sound of feet stepping on branches in his ears. Xia Chi gritted his teeth and finally raised his head, only to find that Baili Xin was looking at him with a somewhat subtle expression.
Xia Chi almost bit his tongue: "Brother, you haven't left yet?"
Baili Xin: "Uh, it seems that there is no need to lead them away."
Xia Chi: “???”
Baili Xin: "They are all afraid of us, but I don't know why."
Xia Chi looked up suddenly and saw that the monsters that had been staring at him had actually taken several steps back, with a hint of fear in their blood-red eyes. Then they let out a low howl and took off a few steps to leave.
They flew so fast, as if something scary was chasing them.
Baili Xin was quick-witted and picked up a head-sized stone from the ground and smashed it hard.
One of the monsters shook its body a few times and fell to the ground unwillingly.
Xia Chi was shocked: "No, brother, what are you doing?"
Baili Xin took the rope from Xia Chi's shoulder and said, "Since we are here, take one back to study it."
Xia Chi: “???!”
…
The sun had just set, and all the villagers and NPCs had closed their doors, and even the animals were silent.
This remote little village was soon completely immersed in darkness.
"It's so quiet, it's fucking weird." It was still the same ward where they had held the meeting during the day, and it was still the same beds.
Night fell. At this moment, there was someone lying on every bed, and there were four men sleeping on the floor.
That's how they spent last night. The village was eerie and full of weirdness. Every villager looked like a dead person. It was strange that such a small village had such a large funeral home, not to mention the monsters on the mountain.
They would never dare to sleep alone even if they were beaten to death.
Because people were afraid of the dark, a kerosene lamp was lit in the room.
Liang Xi and Zhou Guang did not come back and were in the next room taking care of the female players who had a fever.
The fact that the daily cycle is only 22.5 hours makes these players feel a little overwhelmed, and they have no sleep at the moment. Under the dim light, heavy breathing sounds can be heard one after another, and the air is unusually heavy.
One of the yellow-haired men spoke nervously, "What should we do? According to the calculations, the last day when the river god curses us will be at night, so we can't go up the mountain. Boss, is there any other solution?"
Blacksmith: "There is another way. Let's see if those two people can find the herbs first."
Suddenly, a voice rang in everyone's mind at the same time.
Ding! 1 player has died, and there are currently 14 players left.
The dim kerosene lamp flickered in the darkness, casting a mottled cast on the wall of the furnishings and human figures in the house.
Huang Mao's voice became heavier, "Brother, is that useless beauty dead?"
A bald man spat, "Let them play the hero and die, right? Pretending to be cool will lead to death sooner, don't you know?! They were fine when they left, but they can't come back."
The blacksmith did not speak. His breathing stopped for two seconds and his eyes looked a little empty.
"Liang Xi and Zhou Guang are still taking care of those female players?"
Everyone is used to going to bed at eleven or twelve o'clock, and with so many people gathered together, they all want to chat to ease the atmosphere.
"Yeah, they seem to be dying."
"It seems like they all came from a warm-up game, and they have a pretty good relationship."
"Did these people know each other before? It's only been 24 hours since the warm-up game, how can they have such a deep bond?"
"Either they are saints or they are just putting on a show. Or they are just trying to get something. I remember that player named Li Cancan was pretty good-looking."
This sentence seemed to resonate with the men, and in the darkness, a few knowing laughs were heard.
Only one day had passed, and everyone seemed to have become numb to death. The death alert sound just now did not stir much in their hearts.
"You said the NPCs in this village are really stupid. Since they knew there was a river god curse, why didn't they leave the village?"
"How can they be called NPCs if they are not stupid? It is just a game setting. If they leave, there will be no such instance."
There was a rustling sound of bedding, and a player climbed out from under the quilt and tiptoed outside.
"Where are you going?"
The player smiled awkwardly and said, "I need to pee urgently. I'm going to find a place in the yard to pee."
"Oh, don't go. Just be patient and go again tomorrow morning. Who knows what's out there."
"Is the village safe? If he doesn't go, will he have to pee in the house? Go quickly and come back soon."
The player smiled awkwardly, tiptoed out of the door, shrank his neck and quickly found a corner to pee.
The village, which seemed somewhat lively during the day, is now deathly silent.
The shoes stepped on the ground, making a heavy "thump" sound.
He swallowed and could even hear the sound of saliva rolling down his throat and into his esophagus.
Scientists once conducted an experiment in which they placed subjects in a closed room with different decibels to test humans' tolerance for silence.
Absolute 0 dB, 10 dB, 20 dB... all the way to noise decibels.
It was originally thought that noise decibels were the most difficult for humans to accept, but it was unexpected that the subjects in the absolutely silent 0 decibel room would collapse first.
The subjects under the noise decibel level showed emotions such as anxiety and irritability. High decibels torture human physiology, while silence tortures human psychology.
In the deathly silent environment, the subjects' breathing and heartbeats were infinitely amplified, causing them to experience varying degrees of auditory hallucinations, tinnitus, fear, and even mental disorders.
A gust of cold wind blew into the back of the player's neck. He shrank his neck and slowed down his pace.
When he finished peeing, pulled up his pants and prepared to leave, he looked up and suddenly saw a person standing in front of him.
The player was startled at first, but when he looked again, he found that there was a person standing there.
The figure was very short, only about 1.5 meters tall, with a hunched back and his entire body wrapped in pitch-black clothes.
He shouted boldly, "Who are you?"
The person in front seemed to be startled and his shoulders shook visibly.
Seeing the person in front of him was frightened, he plucked up his courage and took two steps forward, almost behind the figure, and asked again: "What are you doing here?"
As the players continued to ask questions, the figure slowly turned around...
Ding! 1 player has died, and there are currently 13 players left.